This is more noticeable after the menopause, when oestrogen levels fall.

Oestrogen rules the day, with men making up just 30% of the student body.

"But the doses of oestrogen were strong and carried side effects.

An excess of oestrogen will increase these feminizing traits in men.

When she walked into the building this morning, it was like someone had been through and sprayed the place with oestrogen repellent.

Perhaps you should also consider a switch to the "mini-pill", which contains no oestrogen.

There are several causes of osteoporosis but the most common is lack of oestrogen.

One factor is declining oestrogen levels after the menopause.

In this situation, the hair is actually thicker during pregnancy due to increased circulating oestrogens.

Finally, according to the Commission, perhaps the most important factor determining the risk of breast cancer is hormones, particularly oestrogens.

In this study, a standard bone sparing dose of oral oestrogen was used.

Subjects may vary in their response to oestrogens and some may need a higher dose.

The solution may be to use oestrogen cream, or perhaps hormone replacement therapy, for which you'd need to see your doctor again.

However, the use of oestrogens can relieve many of the troublesome symptoms.

And then, last night, in The Apprentice, the oestrogen onslaught continued.

Oestrogen and testosterone cause the secondary sexual characteristics to develop at puberty.

Some tumours grow if oestrogens are present, and others are checked by their administration.

Levels of oestrogen in women and testosterone in men are reduced by heavy drinking.

Even in normal women on 0.625 mg oestrogen, although overall bone density increases, some still show a reduction.

Only 12 patients had taken oestrogen containing preparations.

Cellulite is a peculiarly female problem in which the hormone oestrogen plays a part.

As the menopause approaches, there is a gradual decline in the amount of oestrogen produced each month.

So then we try estrogen and see how you do.

Women who took estrogen alone had a 20 percent increase.

The increase was not seen in women under 60 taking estrogen alone, however.

For those taking only estrogen, the increased risk was 30 percent.

Changes in estrogen levels are also thought to play a role.

It is usually used by women who cannot take estrogen.

The study did not address the question of estrogen alone.

But could there be even better reasons to take estrogen?

Instead, they should choose a different way of getting estrogen.

Millions of women take estrogen in one form or another.

Estrogen is not for everyone, but many women will benefit.

On days of low estrogen, she said, the right side is probably more active.

Women taking estrogen wondered if they had done the right thing.

Some women get them during pregnancy or after taking estrogen.

Estrogen is considered to play a significant role in women's mental health.

But the use of horse estrogen by human women can lead to serious problems.

There are also some other types of women who should not be given estrogen.

As the study's authors point out, most of the women in the study likely used estrogen alone.

My first blood test yields an estrogen level of 203.

Alcohol may cause an increase in the level of estrogen.

Most estrogen pills are taken once a day without food.

I think the estrogen is making my skin look younger.

"Women with established heart disease should not use estrogen," she said.

Since many women cannot or will not take estrogen, other effective products have been developed.

The low level of estrogen is not absorbed into the blood.