The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and ...

Researchers at UCSF discovered that regulatory T cells (T-regs) in the meninges produce natural opioids, and their ...

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and ...

Scientists have discovered that female hormones like estrogen and progesterone can trigger immune cells near the spinal cord ...

Research indicates that leaky progesterone pessaries used in threatened miscarriage cases cost the NHS £236m in avoidable ...

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic ...

Progesterone is a female sex hormone that, like estrogen, is produced mainly by the ovaries. Progesterone’s primary job is to ...

Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis (APD) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent skin manifestations starting during the luteal phase of a woman's menstrual cycle. Risk factors include ...

Progesterone Receptor Positive (PR+) breast cancer is a distinct biological subtype of hormone receptor positive breast cancer. This type of cancer grows in response to progesterone, a hormone ...

Overall, we found that women who took oral hormone therapy tended to have lower cholesterol levels, and this effect persisted over many years. For healthy younger women who are within 10 years of ...