This would also cause a difference in your normal discharge. A white vaginal discharge can mean that there is a yeast or bacterial infection present. Symptoms of a Yeast infection in women can have different appearances. It can be thin or thick, but normally always white in color. With bacterial infection symptoms the discharge will be off white to yellow in color. You can usually determine how severe the infection is by the depth and texture of the discharge.
The closer the women were to the start of menopause, the less risk they had of suffering from heart attacks. In fact, those who started taking combination hormone therapy (PremProÂ® - estrogen plus progesterone) within ten years of menopause had an 11% lower risk of heart disease than women taking a placebo.
Some breast cancers are sensitive to your body's naturally occurring female hormones â estrogen and progesterone. The breast cancer cells have receptors on the outside of their walls that can catch specific hormones that circulate through your body. Knowing your breast cancer is sensitive to hormones gives your doctor a better idea of how best to treat the cancer or prevent cancer from recurring. Hormone status of breast cancers includes: 1  Estrogen receptor (ER) positive. 2  This type of breast cancer is sensitive to estrogen and may respond to hormone therapy. 3  Progesterone receptor (PR) positive. 4  This type of breast cancer is sensitive to progesterone and may respond to hormone therapy.