WASHINGTON (AP) — Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests patches or creams may be safer for their blood pressure than pills. As ...

Women who can’t get the menopause hormone therapy they need after years of shortages are cutting patches in half, leaving ...

It’s a sign of just how much attitudes about the patches, and about menopause, have changed. After a report in 2002 suggested that hormone therapy increased the risks of breast cancer and ...

There are other options for hormone therapy.

For more than 20 years, hormone therapy for menopause has carried a warning label from the Food and Drug Administration ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Key Takeaways Changes in estrogen levels during menopause can make skin dry and ...