Bioidentical Hormone Initiative

A community of physicians dedicated to the treatment of age-related endocrine dysfunction with bioidentical hormones and other evidence-based integrative therapies to improve quality of life, prevent chronic illness and obtain optimal health. Learn more...

Resources

Bioidentical Hormone Initiative educational resources houses an archive of hormone-related citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Also provided are links to PubMed and the NCBI molecular biology resources.

Resource Categories

Estrogen Progesterone

Oral Versus Transdermal

Testosterone and Men

Testosterone and Women

Thyroid

Recently Added Resources

Hemostatic markers in healthy postmenopausal women during intranasal and oral hormone therapy: a randomized trial.

Published in: Menopause

By: Hemelaar M, Kenemans P, Hack CE, Klipping C, and van der Mooren MJ.

Menopausal hormone therapy for vasomotor symptoms: Balancing the risks and benefits with ultra-low doses of estrogen.

Published in: Expert Opin Investig Drugs.

By: Simon JA, Snabes MC.

Effects of ultralow-dose transdermal estradiol on bone mineral density: a randomized clinical trial.

Published in: Obstet Gynecol

By: Ettinger B, Ensrud KE, Wallace R, Johnson KC, Cummings SR, Yankov V, Vittinghoff E, Grady D

A comparison of oral and transdermal short-term estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.

Published in: Fertil Steril.

By: Chu M, Cosper P, Nakhuda GS, Lobo RA.

Insulin resistance in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome and the measurements of adiponectin, leptin, resistin, and ghrelin.

Published in: Am J Obstet Gynecol.

By: Chu MC, Cosper P, Orio F, Carmina E, Lobo RA.

Serum leptin levels and body composition in postmenopausal women: effects of hormone therapy.

Published in: Menopause.

By: Di Carlo C, Tommaselli GA, Sammartino A, Bifulco G, Nasti A, Nappi C.

The route of estrogen replacement therapy confers divergent effects on substrate oxidation and body composition in postmenopausal women.

Published in: J Clin Invest

By: O’Sullivan AJ, Crampton LJ, Freund J, Ho KK.

The use of estrogen therapy in women’s sexual functioning.

Published in: J Sex Med.

By: Nappi RE, Polatti F.

Differential effects of oral and transdermal estrogen replacement therapy on endothelial function in postmenopausal women.

Published in: Circulation

By: Vehkavaara S, Hakala-Ala-Pietila T, Virkamaki A, Bergholm R, Ehnholm C, Hovatta O, et al.

Serum estradiol-binding profiles in postmenopausal women undergoing three common estrogen replacement therapies: associations with sex hormone binding globulin, estradiol, and estrone levels.

Published in: Menopause.

By: Nachtigall LE, Raju U, Banerjee S, Wan L, Levitz M.