English example sentences with "estrogen"

Estrogen is a hormone.

Declining estrogen levels can lead to thinning of the vaginal walls.

I always confuse estrogen with progesterone.

Researchers noted aspirin reduces inflammation, which plays a role in the initiation of disease. They also said the painkiller is a mild aromatase inhibitor. Aromatase inhibitors reduce the amount of the female hormone estrogen circulating in the bloodstream, which fuels breast tumors, so they are used to treat some forms of breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

But when women with repeated UTIs were given supplemental estrogen through the vaginal canal, he said the hormone restored the integrity of the bladder's cellular lining to that of healthier tissue seen in younger, premenopausal women.

Because anti-androgens and estrogen both treat and prevent prostate cancer, trans women typically do not need prostate exams, though this depends on family history and age when hormone therapy was started.