Physicians have spent years working to improve the care for women in menopause and perimenopause − from training providers to setting standards for hormone replacement therapy. Now they fear a lack of ...

Alexis Dunne always plans how to best treat her patients’ perimenopause and menopause symptoms. The Chicago-area physician wants to ensure that the hormone replacement therapy she prescribes helps ...

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Demand for estrogen patches surged 26% after the FDA removed a black box warning on hormone therapy in 2025 Shutterstock Demand for estrogen patches surged 26% after the FDA removed a black box ...

A surge in demand since last year for estrogen patches to ease menopause symptoms has strained supplies and led to shortages, sparking a scramble for medicines that industry sources say could last up ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — One boy was white, and soon after World War II his father became the proprietor of the Augusta Municipal Golf Course. There was inherent middle-class status to the job, as the son came ...

If swallowing a horse pill in hopes of avoiding nutritional deficiencies isn’t for you, it’s understandable to be curious about vitamin patches. These mini patches, sometimes called stickers, promise ...

Estrogen patches, one of the most common forms of hormone therapy for women, are becoming harder to find, and some manufacturers say a recent action by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert ...

After years of being a controversial way of treating symptoms of menopause, hormone therapy is making a comeback. That’s due to a wide range of factors, including a large body of data that shows how ...

Pharmacies did not anticipate the surge of interest in this therapy for perimenopause and menopause symptoms, resulting in shortages. What should you do if you can’t get your patch? Estrogen patch ...

Emily Padgett has spent months trying to get her hands on estrogen patches, bouncing between pharmacies, transferring prescriptions and switching brands three times. For a couple of anxious weeks in ...