How Science Got It Wrong About Progesterone

Progesterone has been both ignored and mistakenly blamed for side effects it does not cause. How did that happen? First, progesterone was discovered after estrogen, so, according to endocrinology professor Jerilynn Prior, missed being part of the tidy hormone dichotomy of “testosterone for men and estrogen for women.” Next, progesterone could not (at first) be ... Read more

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