Progesterone is a hormone that supports menstruation and pregnancy. It typically rises during pregnancy and while using some birth control medications. Low levels can affect menstruation and fertility ...

This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. Does Progesterone Cause Weight Gain? What to Know If you’ve recently started on birth control or menopausal ...

Researchers say blocking these effects of progesterone could be a new way to stop breast cancer before it starts.

Your face offers vital clues to your hormone health. Thinning hair, eyebrow loss, dry eyes, lip lines, chin hair, and facial ...

Researchers reviewed hormone variation, life cycles, and their effect on quality of life specific to women with psoriasis.

Progesterone is part of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for people who have been through menopause and still have a uterus. Possible side effects include spotting, headaches, and breast tenderness.

Mutations are not always sufficient to drive breast carcinogenesis but additional factors determine whether genetically altered cells progress to the state during which they provoke clinically ...

A University of Manchester study reveals a drug approved for use in other conditions could be repurposed as a preventive ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

The first study on progesterone and Alzheimer's disease has found no clear preventive benefit for the widely prescribed hormone in an animal model. Progesterone is given with estrogen in hormone ...

Purpose: To determine whether progesterone receptor (PgR) status provides additional value to estrogen receptor (ER) status and improves prediction of benefit from endocrine treatment among patients ...