Posts Tagged ‘ Estrogen ’

Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Safe?

March 4, 2010
By Dianna
Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Safe?

What is Hormone Replacement Therapy? As a woman’s body ages, the cyclical supply of her body’s primary sex hormones begins to decline, ultimately diminishing to the point that even life itself can be jeopardized. Until the late 1940s, many women who went through menopause, died shortly thereafter. Advances in medical knowledge in the late twentieth century...
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Hormone Primer — How Hormones Work

February 26, 2010
By Dianna

Hormones in general are the triggers — the catalysts — which cause the cells the body to function. Estrogen molecules – hormones – are carried throughout the body by the blood stream, looking for cells with estrogen receptors. An estrogen receptor is like a door lock on a human body cell — it will only accept the proper...
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