Hormone replacement therapy was advertised first to women in the 1990s as a way of increasing their youthfulness. Hormone replacement therapy today is usually taking pills to increase someone's estrogen or testosterone supply. Pick either estrogen or testosterone. For either one: 1) How does your chosen sex hormone work at the cellular and at the molecular level? 2) How do these hormones improve the reproductive system as a whole? 3) What are the benefits of doing hormone replacement therapy? 4) What are the harms of doing hormone replacement therapy? 5) Who would be an ideal candidate for hormone replacement therapy?

Hormone replacement therapy was advertised first to women in the 1990s as a way of increasing their youthfulness. Hormone replacement therapy today is usually taking pills to increase someone's estrogen or testosterone supply. Pick either estrogen or testosterone. For either one: 1) How does your chosen sex hormone work at the cellular and at the molecular level? 2) How do these hormones improve the reproductive system as a whole? 3) What are the benefits of doing hormone replacement therapy? 4) What are the harms of doing hormone replacement therapy? 5) Who would be an ideal candidate for hormone replacement therapy?

Biology 2e

2nd Edition

ISBN:9781947172517

Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Chapter43: Animal Reproduction And Development

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2VCQ: Figure 43.15 Which of the following statements about hormone regulation of the female reproductive...

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