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• menopause / hot flashes / progesterone / osteoporosis / hormone replacement /  women's health issues / hysterectomy / PMS / female sexuality / fibroids

Specific Recommendations:

• Progesterone products at iHerb

News & Research:

• Hormone levels and sexual motivation among young women - Science Daily, 4/25/13 - "Estrogen was having a positive effect, but with a two-day lag. Progesterone was having a persistent negative effect, both for current day, day before, and two days earlier ... There's a common belief in the medical literature that testosterone is the main regulator of women's libido ... Doctors tend to believe that, though the evidence isn't that strong in humans. In the natural cycles, we weren't finding effects of testosterone. It wasn't significantly predicting outcomes"
• Progesterone reduces rate of early preterm birth in at-risk women, study suggests - Science Daily, 4/6/11
• How progesterone increases breast cancer risk - Science Daily, 1/18/11 - "Amphiregulin -- acting through its receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor -- along with progesterone leads to the activation of intracellular pathways that regulate cell growth ... When activated, this promotes normal cell growth and the growth of tumors"
• Progesterone is effective for hot flash treatment and provides an alternative to estrogen, study finds - Science Daily, 6/21/10 - "Progesterone, in a 300-milligram dose, was more effective than placebo at decreasing the intensity and number of symptoms, the authors reported, and the difference was both statistically significant and clinically important. The 68 women taking progesterone showed a 56% improvement from baseline in VMSScore, and a 48% reduction in the number of VMS; the 46 women taking placebo had 28% lower VMSScores and a 22% reduction in number"
• Progesterone Leads To Inflammation, Scientists Find - Science Daily, 8/19/09 - "Exposure to progesterone in normal amounts and in normal circumstances causes inflammation, which promotes breast development ... exposure to progesterone in menopausal hormone therapy is known to increase breast cancer risk"
• Menopause symptoms and solutions - oprah.com
• Progesterone in Dairy Products Poses Risks - Doctor's Guide, 12/14/07 - "People absorb significant amounts of bovine progesterone (identical to human progesterone) from dairy products, thanks to the practice among dairy farmers of keeping dairy cattle pregnant most of the time"
• Effects Of Progesterone On Alzheimer's Disease - Science Daily, 11/27/07
• Progesterone Misconceptions - Life Extension Magazine, 4/06
• New Study on OTC Progesterone Health Risks in Women Published - Doctor's Guide, 7/13/05
• Natural Female Hormone Replacement - Life Extension Magazine, 4/05
• Progesterone Metabolite Cuts Rate of Recurrent Preterm Delivery - Doctor's Guide, 6/17/03
• Hormone [progesterone] Reduces Preterm Deliveries - WebMD, 6/11/03
• Progesterone May Reduce Premature Births - Intelihealth, 2/6/03
• Natural Progesterone = Less HRT Bleeding - WebMD, 11/1/02
• Comparison of Hormone Replacement Therapies Finds Progesterone Causes Less Bleeding Than The Most Commonly Used Treatment May Also Be Less Likely to Cause Health Risks Identified in Recent Women's Health Initiative Study - Doctor's Guide, 11/1/02 - "a combination of estrogen and micronized progesterone (MP) causes fewer days and less intense bleeding than the most commonly used combination"
• At the Counter - Nutrition Science News, 2/01
• Crinone Effective In Improving Pregnancy Rates In Infertile Women - Doctor's Guide, 9/27/99
• The Replacements - Nutrition Science News, 8/99
• FDA Approves Prometrium For Use With Hormone Replacement Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 12/21/98
• FDA Approves Oral Progesterone Prometrium - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/98
• Crinone Progesterone Gel Now Available In U.S. For Secondary Amenorrhea - Doctor's Guide, 5/12/98
• Wyeth-Ayerst Introduces First Progesterone For Use With Infertility Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 5/15/97
• Woman's Well-Being Improves When Natural Progesterone Is Added To Estrogen - Doctor's Guide, 4/25/96

Abstracts:

• Lower Hormone Levels Linked to Risk of Sleep Apnea - Medscape, 7/1/22 - "postmenopausal women with double the average estrogen concentration had as much as a 23% decrease in the odds of snoring. Women with double the average progesterone concentration had a 9% decrease in the odds of snoring."
• Progesterone Prevents Sleep Disturbances and Modulates GH, TSH, and Melatonin Secretion in Postmenopausal Women - J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Feb 2 - "Progesterone had no effect on undisturbed sleep but restored normal sleep when sleep was disturbed (while currently available hypnotics tend to inhibit deep sleep), acting as a "physiologic" regulator rather than as a hypnotic drug. Use of progesterone might provide novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of sleep disturbances, in particular in aging where sleep is fragmented and of lower quality"