This National Institutes of Health - funded study examined
the effect of estrogen replacement on mental processes, including memory, in 29 amenorrheic female athletes ages 14 to 25 years compared to 19 who received no estrogen replacement.
Not exact matches
The thought is that vitex protects against «menopause - related cognitive decline» with fewer side
effects (read: cancer risk) than other forms
of estrogen replacement.
Estrogen replacement therapy has long been understood as a remedy for women who are suffering from a variety
of side
effects following menopause, but what many women don't know is that testosterone
replacement therapy may also need to be added to the mix to properly balance hormone levels.
Similar side
effects are possible with all forms
of estrogen replacement.
It is also used in alternative hormone (
estrogen)
replacement therapy8 because
of its
effects on the body's hormone balance.
Comparison
of transdermal and oral
estrogen - progestin
replacement therapy:
effects on cardiovascular risk factors.
Differential
effects of oral and transdermal postmenopausal
estrogen replacement therapies on C - reactive protein.
«These results suggest that 1) chronic ERT [
Estrogen Replacement Therapy] likely acts centrally to decrease Tre [temperaure], 2) ERT lowers the Tre at which heat - loss effector mechanisms are initiated, primarily by actions on active cutaneous vasodilation, and 3) addition
of exogenous progestins in HRT effectively blocks these
effects.»
A: Progesterone is needed in hormone
replacement therapy for menopausal women for many reasons, but one
of its most important roles is to balance or oppose the
effects of estrogen.
In this last recorded talk on CD, before his death, Dr. Lee covers many different areas
of interest about natural hormone
replacement therapy, including progesterone and
estrogen's
effects on the body, what causes hormone imbalances and how to restore balance, why saliva hormone level testing is so important, and the politics
of medicine.
In BHRT (Bioidentical Hormone
Replacement Therapy), natural progesterone is seen as a highly effective treatment as it can counteract the
effects of estrogen, which naturally stimulates cell growth in tissues containing
estrogen receptors and contributes to symptoms
of endometriosis.