This hormone increases appetite and makes high-calorie foods look more appealing.

Still others are afraid that menopausal hormones might increase their risk of getting cancer.

Lots of studies have been done to determine whether oral hormones increase or decrease breast cancer risk.

These are the years when hormones such as testosterone are increasing.

But it's not always that estrogen levels are falling and male hormones are increasing, as many people assume.

Current information indicates that the hormones in birth control pills probably do not increase the risk.

Some, on the other hand, are convinced that the hormones do slightly increase the risk of breast cancer.

Some also take hormones and steroids to increase their muscle mass.

In 2002, another study, examining combination hormone therapy, was stopped when researchers found that the hormones slightly increased the risk of breast cancer.