Yale researchers create topical estrogen that alleviates sexual dysfunction in menopausal women and eliminates side effects of conventional estrogen.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale researchers create topical estrogen that alleviates sexual dysfunction in menopausal women and eliminates side effects of conventional estrogen (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09052001 New Haven, Conn. -- To alleviate vaginal dyspareunia or dryness, a painful symptom of menopause that causes sexual dysfunction, Yale researchers have created a topical estrogen that eliminates side effects of conventional estrogen and that in the future could also alleviate some symptoms of aging skin.

"The topical estrogen we've created confines itself to a specific region of the body and helps eliminate the side effects associated with estrogen found in hormone replacement therapies (HRT)," said Richard B....