During the menstrual cycle, when progesterone levels are higher, patterns of brain activity emerge that make it more ...

A brain-imaging study links progesterone to emotional processing and mood, but finds no clear mood differences across menstrual cycle phases.

“Does anyone feel kinda stoned after taking their hormones?” a Reddit user recently posted in r/Perimenopause. Replies rolled in, and one comment after another named the same feeling: foggy, hazy, ...

If you're approaching menopause or already in the thick of it, you've probably heard plenty about declining estrogen levels. But there's another hormone that deserves just as much of your attention, ...

Once again I am extremely lucky to have this article co-written by a senior graduate student who's an expert on how reproductive hormones act on the brain. Stephanie Koebele is completing her Ph.D.

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Migraines are throbbing headaches often accompanied by nausea and increased sensitivity to light, sound and touch. Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from migraines, and almost 1 in 4 of them have at ...

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Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy can be a sign of an impending miscarriage. Doctors sometimes prescribe progesterone, a hormone essential to a healthy pregnancy, to prevent miscarriage. New research ...