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• n  a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

• Researchers are still figuring out the dangers and benefits of hormone replacement therapy, but two new studies give a boost to estrogen as a defense against dementia.
• The latest report on estrogen isn't bad news so much as it is incomplete news.
• The Women's Health Initiative reports that taking estrogen doesn't increase cancer risk for many women.

• oestrogen

News & Articles

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• How Estrogen May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections After Menopause
  Title: How Estrogen May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections After Menopause Category: Health News Created: 6/20/2013 12:35:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 6/21/2013 12:00:00 AM
  June 22, 2013 - MedicineNet.com
• Health Headlines: Estrogen may help UTIs in older women
  Estrogen may help prevent urinary tract infections in women past menopause. According to the journa
  June 21, 2013 - Bay News 9 Tampa Bay
• Estrogen is a new weapon against urinary tract infection in postmenopausal women
  Estrogen stimulates the production of the body’s own antibiotic and strengthens the cells in the urinary tract, according to a new study. The results show that estrogen supplements may help menopausal women to ward off recurrent urinary tract infections.
  June 19, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Christina Aguilera in Daily News & Analysis
  I don't think I could ever really be with a woman because that's a lot of estrogen and I'ma lot to deal with when it's that time of the month, so I can't imagine it times two,Aguilera added.
• Paul Brousse in MSNBC
  This meta-analysis ...... showed that current use of oral estrogen increases the risk of (blood clots) by two-fold to three-fold,Pierre-Yves Scarabin and Marianne Canonico of the Paul Brousse Hospital in France wrote.