Dr. Jordan answers the question: 'How can I be estrogen receptor-positive?' — -- Question: How can my breast cancer be estrogen receptor-positive when I am postmenopausal and my body is losing ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...

Down the line, this research could help unravel sex differences in human pain perception, as well as how pain perception shifts during pregnancy and menopause, when the body's levels of estrogen and ...

As your 40th birthday approaches, you may feel apprehensive about aging. Body changes at 40 in women are often related to perimenopause (the transition into menopause), during which hormones like ...

Chronic kidney disease is an increasing global health problem that affects approximately 700 million people worldwide. 1 It is a progressive condition wherein the kidneys lose their ability to filter ...