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Welcome to You & Your Hormones, a new web-based project by the Society for Endocrinology that aims to give patients and the general public access to reliable online information on endocrine science.
The ovaries produce and release eggs (oocytes) into the female reproductive tract in the middle of each menstrual cycle. They also produce the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone.
Hormone replacement therapy (or HRT) is the replacement of female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone in women to control symptoms of the menopause. HRT is linked with a small increase in the risk of breast cancer. Further information...
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