Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...

Combination birth control pills contain both estrogen and progesterone. The hormones prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation and changing the lining of your uterus (womb) and your vaginal ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) restores the balance of estrogen and progesterone ... progestin-only, a combination of estrogen and progestin. Hormone replacement therapy is used to treat ...

HRT can be taken as a combination pill or patch ... However, do not rely on over-the-counter progesterone creams to oppose estrogen replacement, as not enough progesterone is absorbed through the skin ...