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.

For the new study, researchers examined data on about 47,000 postmenopausal women who had used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and roughly 70,000 who had not. Subjects were in their late fifties ...

An international team of researchers wanted to explore the risks among younger women on hormone therapy. Here’s what they ...

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.

The Menopause Society's 2022 Hormone Therapy Position Statement advises that women aged older than 65 years can continue using hormone therapy (HT) with appropriate counseling and risk assessment.