Sentences with phrase «earlier than estrogen»

Dr. Lee and other authorities on the subject of hormone balance have explained that women begin to lose the ability to produce Progesterone much earlier than estrogen.

Not exact matches

Although estrogen doses in oral contraceptives have decreased appreciably over the years, with pills in the 1960s typically containing more than double the estrogen dose of pills in the 1980s, the reduction in endometrial cancer risk was at least as great for women who used the pill during the 1980s as for those who used it in earlier decades.

Estrogen is linked to side effects and, in early 2008, the FDA issued a new warning label for the patch after a study showed that patch users had a higher risk of dangerous blood clots than those using the Pill.

First off, women's bodies naturally produce testosterone just like men's bodies, but at a much lower level (for adults anyway — according to this Huffington Post article on testosterone for women, women actually have 10 times as much testosterone in their bodies in their early reproductive years than estrogen).

However, symptoms of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone deficiency can begin to occur much earlier than the average menopausal age.

Better safe than sorry and as I take estrogen suppressants and have now entered early menopause the breast pain no longer seem to be an issue.