Students interested in women''s studies filled a room in the JFSB on Thursday to hear a BYU professor discuss how his lab group discovered estrogen receptors play a role in turning off genes. A few ...

Estradiol is a female sex hormone produced by the ovaries, adrenal gland and also the placenta during pregnancy. Estradiol is the most important hormone during a female’s reproductive years, and is ...

Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article. Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the ...

Estrogens are present in significant amounts in both men and women. They are present in significantly higher amounts in women after menarche (onset of menstrual periods at puberty) until menopause ...

Current approaches to diagnosing testosterone deficiency do not consider the physiological consequences of various testosterone levels or whether deficiencies of testosterone, estradiol, or both ...

Estrogen is a sex steroid hormone that exerts a broad range of effects throughout the body, including the CNS. Although the effects of estrogen on sex behavior in mammals are well known, its role on ...

Did you know your body is full of chemical messengers that help regulate your various organs and body systems? There are at least 50 such chemicals, called hormones, in the human body. Their levels ...

Estrogen acts as a regulator of muscle energy metabolism and muscle cell viability, research shows. Menopause leads to the cessation of ovarian estrogen production concurrent to the deterioration of ...

The term cognition indicates the totality of human information processing, including several functions, such as psychomotor skills, pattern recognition, attention, learning and memory, language, ...