Word: estradiol
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...estrogen-alone therapy benefited women between ages 50 and 59 who had had hysterectomies; these women had up to 40% less calcified plaque build-up in their arteries compared with women on a placebo. In the coming years, other trials, such as the Early Versus Late Intervention Trial With Estradiol (ELITE) and the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), will provide more data on estrogen's effect on women's health, particularly cardiovascular health, says Rocca...
...severe long or short-term risks; none of its possible side-effects—nausea, headaches, slight weight gain and, with lifetime use, delayed menopause—are serious enough to warrant a prescription. Nor is there any real chance of abuse or drug extraction: An overdose of ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel (two common pill ingredients) is more likely to result in vomiting than any kind of high...
Researchers then took daily saliva samples from the women to measure their levels of estradiol, a female fertility hormone that increases the chances of pregnancy, she said...
...percent increase in estradiol levels increases a woman’s likelihood to get pregnant threefold, Jasienska said...