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  1. Hot flashes - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Like progesterone, taking bazedoxifene with estrogen may keep you from the higher risk of endometrial cancer that you can get from estrogen alone. Bazedoxifene ...

  2. Choosing a birth control pill - Mayo Clinic

    Combination birth control pills. This type of pill has both estrogen and progestin. There are many combination pills to choose from. Your choice depends on how ...

  3. Medroxyprogesterone (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    Blood clots (eg, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism), or history of or; Breast cancer, or history of or; Cancer (estrogen-dependent or progesterone- ...

  4. Heavy menstrual bleeding - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Progesterone is the hormone most responsible for keeping periods regular. If no egg is released, the body does not make enough progesterone. This can result in ...

  5. Minipill (progestin-only birth control pill) - Mayo Clinic

    This oral contraceptive, sometimes called the minipill, contains only the hormone progestin and no estrogen.

  6. Breast cancer types: What your type means - Mayo Clinic

    Some breast cancers are sensitive to the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Pathologists look for hormone receptors on the outside of the breast cancer cells.

  7. Heavy menstrual bleeding - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    The natural hormone progesterone can help fix hormone imbalance and reduce heavy menstrual bleeding. The synthetic form of progesterone is called progestin.

  8. 1st trimester pregnancy: What to expect - Mayo Clinic

    Constipation. High levels of the hormone progesterone can slow the movement of food through the digestive system. This can cause fewer or painful bowel ...

  9. Incompetent cervix - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Progesterone supplementation. If you have a short cervix with no history of a preterm birth, vaginal progesterone may lower your risk of having your baby too ...

  10. Depo-Provera (birth control shot) - Mayo Clinic

    This contraceptive shot given every three months has the hormone progestin to help prevent pregnancy.