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• n  any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

• The overall risk of cancer, for instance, among women taking estrogen and progestin, comes to three extra cases per 1000 women per year.
• But the principal message is this: taking estrogen and progestin for years in the hope of preventing a heart attack or stroke can no longer be considered a valid medical strategy.
• The federally funded trial revealed that estrogen and progestin after menopause did not protect women against heart disease, as doctors had previously thought, but in fact .

• progestogen

News & Articles

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• Let's agree about abortion: Jim McCleary
  An undated image provided by Bedsider.org in 2012 of a package of estrogen/progestin birth control pills. AP Photo/Bedsider.org Every one of us has an opinion about abortion. You may believe that it is a women’s rights issue, that if you want...
  Aug. 25, 2013 - The Sun Press

Quotes

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• Fred Hutchinson in WCBD-TV
  Dr. Christopher Li, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center says "we found that women who use the combined hormone therapy, estrogen plus progestin, had almost a 300% increase in their risk of the lobular type of breast cancer but only a 40% increase...
• Andrea in PR Newswire (press release)
  Unlike other oral contraceptives, YAZ delivers the progestin, drospirenone, in combination with estrogen in a unique 24-day dosing regimen, both of which may account for its positive effect on PMDD,said Andrea Rapkin, MD, Professor,...