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Infertility or reduced fertility is a common problem in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1 out of 5 women are unable to get pregnant after a year ...

“Hormones” is a term that gets thrown around a lot, blamed as the cause for everything from weight gain and acne to mood swings. But there’s a lot more truth to hormones and how they affect us all. In ...

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Once again I am extremely lucky to have this article co-written by a senior graduate student who's an expert on how reproductive hormones act on the brain. Stephanie Koebele is completing her Ph.D.

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Pregnancy, menopause and hormone therapy may all impact a woman’s lipoprotein(a) level, challenging the mantra of the once-in ...

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Advancements in understanding tumor biology, identifying predictive biomarkers, and developing targeted therapies have ...