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  1. Tuesday Q and A: Hormone replacement therapy may protect against health risks

    Estrogen typically is prescribed along with the hormone progesterone or a medication similar to progesterone called progestin. This is because estrogen alone, ...

  2. Menopause hormone therapy: Does it cause vaginal bleeding? - Mayo Clinic

    These include cyclic hormone therapy preparations that contain a combination of estrogen and progestin. Progestin helps protect the uterus from endometrial ...

  3. Combination birth control pills - Mayo Clinic

    This oral contraceptive contains both estrogen and progestin to keep you from ovulating. These medicines prevent pregnancy and can have other benefits.

  4. Hormone therapy: Four things a Mayo Clinic women's health specialist wants you to know

    Hormone therapy is a treatment that uses medications containing hormones like estrogen or progesterone to replace those the body stops producing during ...

  5. Conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    It is also used to treat changes in and around the vagina (eg, vaginal dryness, itching, and burning) caused by low estrogen levels or menopause. This medicine ...

  6. Preterm labor - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Vaginal progesterone. For a short cervix diagnosed before 24 weeks of pregnancy, progesterone that goes into the vagina might lower the risk of preterm birth.

  7. Contraceptive implant - Mayo Clinic

    Progestin prevents pregnancy by pausing ovulation. And it thickens the mucus of the cervix. This makes it hard for sperm to reach an egg. Progestin also thins ...

  8. Esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    Menopause symptoms occur when the hormone balance changes in the female body. This combination of hormones will relieve the symptoms of menopause by adding more ...

  9. Primary ovarian insufficiency - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    You'll likely be prescribed estrogen with the hormone progesterone if you still have your uterus. Adding progesterone protects the lining of your uterus ...

  10. Hormonal IUD (Mirena) - Mayo Clinic

    Mirena is brand name for a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD). A hormonal IUD is a type of birth control that's placed in the uterus and uses hormones to give ...