Word: estrogen
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...study, based on 41 pairs of female twins, has found that women who smoke a pack a day through adulthood reach menopause with bones that are up to 10% less dense than those of nonsmokers -- and more vulnerable to fractures. Researchers speculate that smoking interferes with the body's estrogen production...
...event of an emergency such as suspected pregnancy, Bowman says a woman can go to the Urgent Care Clinic in the UHS basement and get a "morning after" pill, a high dose of estrogen which induces bleeding. That pill's effectiveness is maximized if used within the first 24 hours sex, and it becomes ineffective at preventing pregnancy after three days...
...Women who take estrogen to control symptoms of menopause and reduce the risk of osteoporosis may be reaping an unexpected bonus: estrogen seems to lessen the risk of Alzheimer's or to decrease its severity in those...
...Women cannot count on doses of the hormone estrogen to provide lasting prevention of bone loss after menopause...
...recent study showed that women over 75 suffered roughly the same incidence of bone fractures due to osteoporosis whether or not they had ever received estrogen...