An increasing number of women who use estrogen patches to help deal with perimenopause and menopause symptoms have been scrambling to access their transdermal drug amid a nationwide shortage of the ...

Estrogen patches, one of the most common forms of hormone therapy for women, are becoming harder to find, and some ...

As more women seek hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, the shortage of estrogen patches increases, forcing them to look for ...

There are other options for hormone therapy.

The warning label placed on all estrogen-based treatments since 2003 was based on an outdated and flawed government-funded ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease ...

For many women in the United States who encounter drenching night sweats, sudden hot flashes, debilitating exhaustion and other menopausal symptoms, small estradiol patches worn on the skin have ...

Dr. Rajita Patil talks about UCLA’s new, comprehensive approach to menopause care and why a generation of women missed out.

Increased demand for estrogen patches, particularly twice weekly doses, are in short supply nationally, causing delays for patients in Greater Boston.

Despite the increased incidence of endometrial cancer in younger women, there is limited research regarding the safety of local, low-dose vaginal estrogen therapy (ET) for survivors. A new study ...

It’s a sign of just how much attitudes about the patches, and about menopause, have changed. After a report in 2002 suggested that hormone therapy increased the risks of breast cancer and ...