Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD Key Takeaways Hormones serve as chemical messengers in the body and regulate functions ...

In a new study, the female hormone estrogen appeared to promote binge drinking in women. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News A woman's binge drinking might be related to her hormones. The female ...

Women may be biologically susceptible to binge drinking, a new animal study suggests. "We know a lot less about what drives alcohol drinking behavior in females because most studies of alcohol use ...

Researchers have investigated the role that estrogen plays in signaling more gut pain, and it isn't working alone.

Estrogen, a well-known trigger for migraine in women, seems to also play a role in migraine attacks in men. In a Dutch study, men with migraine had increased levels of estradiol, as well as symptoms ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

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The opioid epidemic has claimed more than half a million lives in the U.S. since 1999, about three-quarters of them men, according to the National Institutes of Health. Although men's disproportionate ...

A woman's binge drinking might be related to her hormones. The female hormone estrogen appears to promote binge drinking in women, a new mouse study published recently in the journal Nature ...

For decades, estrogen was discussed primarily as a “sex hormone.” After all, it does play a crucial role in reproductive health. Yet starting in the 1980s, the conversation shifted when emerging ...