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Progesterone therapy

Why do I have Osteoporosis? I’m Way too Young!

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I slipped on some soggy leaves while walking home from work. I ended up breaking my upper arm. I'm only 36-this kind of fracture typically happens in 80 year olds! Read more...

Do I need an Endometrial Biopsy?

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My doctor is insistent that I have to have surgery-I guess a D & C or an endometrial biopsy. Read more...

What should I expect after early surgical menopause?

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I'm 47 and had my ovaries but not my uterus removed. However, following surgery I wasn't told what to expect, if I needed to take hormones, or what I might experience. Read more...

Progesterone Therapy for Night Sweats in Perimenopause

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I'm 42, waking most nights about 1am and having bad hot flushes some nights. I had to stop the Pill because I got increasing migraines. Read more...

Now Available! The Estrogen Errors: Why Progesterone Is Better for Women's Health

In this revealing work, Dr. Jerilynn Prior teams up with Susan Baxter, a medical writer, to explain the controversy over medicine prescribing estrogen for perimenopausal women in the United States, and to detail why progesterone is actually a far more effective, and a far less risk-ridden, approach. Read more...

Bewildered by Bio-Identical Hormones

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Are bio-identical hormones safe for treatment in menopause? I have no symptoms but did have a blood clot in my calf years ago when I was first pregnant. I was told then to never take estrogen. Read more...

Spotting Before Periods

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I’m a 36-year old woman and basically healthy but I keep having spotting before my flow. I’ve been to several doctors about it and never gotten a good answer. Read more...

What the Women’s Health Initiative Results Mean for Breast Cancer Survivors

In July 2002 a large, randomized control trial called the Women’s Health Initiative was stopped three years early with the conclusion that Estrogen plus Progestin (E+P) is, on balance, not an effective preventative medication for healthy menopausal women. The results of this trial have surprised both doctors and the general public Read more...

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