Progesterone & HRT: What it does, benefits in HRT, & dosing tips | Felice Gersh, MD

Progesterone is an essential life hormone that should be part of every woman's Hormone Replacement Therapy, regardless of whether she has her uterus or not.

Yes, it helps protect the uterus but it also has receptors throughout the body, including in the brain!

In this important talk, I cover
* What progesterone is
* How it works throughout the body
* Standard dosing protocols

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00:00 - Intro to progesterone
01:25 - The progesterone cycle
07:12 - Progesterone in menopause
09:30 - Cyclic progesterone
10:56 - Estradiol creates growth factors
16:15 - Progesterone & the brain
17:31 - Progesterone & skin
18:26 - Progesterone & bones
19:09 - Progesterone & thyroid
23:45 - Progesterone & sleep
24:24 - Progesterone dosing