In 2002, one out every eight babies was born prematurely. Doctors say many complications can occur when a baby arrives too early. Hormone injections may help women carry their babies to full term.

Progesterone-only pills, the Norplant progesterone implant and the Depo-Provera long-acting progesterone injection prevent pregnancy in three ways: they change the consistency of the cervical mucus to ...

Increased Risk of Locoregional Recurrence for Women With T1-2N0 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated With Modified Radical Mastectomy Without Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Compared With ...

A re-analysis of a series of studies of vaginally-administered progesterone versus intramuscular progesterone injections demonstrates that, when evaluating optimal dosing, clinical results are ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Women hospitalized with severe COVID-19 generally do better than men, which led to the notion that ...

Progesterone injections appear to cut the risk of early delivery. * THE QUESTION Does progesterone -- a hormone that relaxes uterine muscles and blocks contractions -- have any effect on the risk of ...

Some progesterone-only hormonal contraceptives may carry similar clot risk to certain combined pills, a new study published in JAMA Network Open found. A team of Danish researchers examined the risk ...

The female body runs on a well-balanced combination of hormones. Estrogen regulates the menstrual cycle and ovulation. Meanwhile, progesterone prepares the body for a potential pregnancy by thickening ...

A single injection of hydroxyprogesterone before surgery did not improve outcomes in all women with OBC. This intervention showed significant improvement in node-positive women that may be considered ...