Hormone replacement therapy, brief version *

Hormone replacement therapy, brief version * When a woman goes through menopause, she has fewer and fewer periods. After a few months or years, her periods stop altogether. After this, her ovaries no longer release eggs, and she makes less of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

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