Tag: progesterone
Chronic stress reliably causes depression, (bioidentical) progesterone may treat it
It looks like there is a chasm between animal and human research. In animal research, chronic stress…
Low progesterone and DHEA may drive psoriasis
Like most autoimmune conditions, psoriasis is considered to be of unknown etiology and is labelled currently “incurable”…
Oral progesterone (P4) may be more ergogenic than topical or injected route
A very interesting study, which demonstrates that the route of hormonal administration matters quite a bit, at…
Reduced progesterone (P4) signalling causes inflammation and (female) infertility, aspirin or P4 may help
Over the years a number of couples who struggled to conceive a child (or carry it to…
Estrogen is NOT low in menopause, in fact there is estrogen dominance in blood and tissues
It looks like medicine is quietly starting to introduce the general public to the idea that menopause…
Vitamin D may treat dry-eye disease
I posted about a study a few months ago demonstrating that reduced steroidogenesis, and especially androgen synthesis,…
Synthetic progestins, but not progesterone, increase risk of a brain tumor (meningioma)
Once again, the false equivalence between bioidentical progesterone and synthetic progestins (which medicine has been promoting for…
Adding progesterone to anti-estrogen therapy stops breast cancer growth
Estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer is the most common type of cancer affecting women worldwide and…
Estrogen causes dementia/Alzheimer, anti-estrogens are protective
This study is one of the most damaging piece of evidence I have seen over the last…
Stress/cortisol/aldosterone cause kidney disease; pregnenolone/progesterone treat it
The condition known as chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common long-term co-morbidity of…