Long overlooked in women 40 and older, midlife eating disorders are going up. Eating disorder specialists cite hormonal ...

HRT is often thought of as a drug to treat menopausal women in their late 40s, 50s and beyond, however, it is increasingly being prescribed to those who may have previously been considered too young.

The women were 50 years old on average when they went through menopause, and 52 on average when they started hormone therapy. Most of the women were taking hormone therapy for hot flashes.

Methods: The study included data from 5,482 postmenopausal women aged 45–74 years in the 2007–2012 KNHANES. The use of female HRT for at least one month was reclassified as HRT+/HRT-.

Many women who go into surgical menopause at 50 or older -- the natural time of menopause - decide not to get HRT. That's because their supply of estrogen would naturally drop during menopause anyway.

Using some types of HRT before the menopause could increase the risk of breast cancer in young women, a study suggests. The ...

NIH study could help to guide clinical recommendations for hormone therapy use among women under 55 years old.

Kendal-Rose assumed HRT was only for older women (Picture: Supplied) ‘I felt listened to for the first time in 15 years. It was a relief, but I also wondered what it meant,’ she recalls.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast ...