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Progestin: Synthetic Progesterone
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Nov 17, 2008
Progestin is a synthetic form of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, which plays an important role in the female reproductive cycle. During…
TechnologyProgesteroneReproductionContraception
Katharina Dorothea Dalton (1916–2004)
By: Bianca Zietal
| Published: May 24, 2017
Katharina Dorothea Dalton was a physician in England in the twentieth century who defined premenstrual syndrome (PMS) as a cluster of symptoms…
Premenstrual syndromePremenstrual TensionMenstrual CycleMenstruation
Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms
By: Megha Pillai
| Published: Jun 27, 2024
Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is a form of medication often used to treat the symptoms of menopause. According to the National Institute on…
MenopauseEstrogen Replacement TherapyEstrogen Progestin Combination TherapyMenopause--Hormone TherapyMenopause--Hormone Therapy--Complications
"The Premenstrual Syndrome" (1953), by Raymond Greene and Katharina Dalton
By: Bianca E. Zietal
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In 1953, Raymond Greene and Katharina Dalton, who were doctors in the UK, published The Premenstrual Syndrome in the British Medical Journal. In…
LiteraturePremenstrual syndromeMigraineMenstruationMenstruation disorders
Hormone Releasing Intrauterine Devices
By: Victoria Higginbotham
| Published: Jun 03, 2019
Hormone releasing intrauterine devices or hormonal IUDs are contraceptive devices placed in a woman’s uterus to prevent pregnancy by continuously…
TechnologyIntrauterine contraceptivesLevonorgestrel intrauterine contraceptivesCopper intrauterine contraceptivesProducts liability--Contraceptive drug implants
“Diethylstilbestrol in the Prevention and Treatment of Complications of Pregnancy” (1948), by Olive Watkins Smith
By: Alexis Abboud
| Published: Feb 21, 2017
In 1948, Olive Watkins Smith published 'Diethylstilbestrol in the Prevention and Treatment of Complications of Pregnancy' in the American Journal…
LiteraturePregnancyEndocrine disrupting chemicalsHormonesObstetrics
Enovid: The First Hormonal Birth Control Pill (1957–1988)
By: Ilani Higgins
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 1960, the US-based pharmaceutical lab G.D. Searle and Company, or Searle, launched Enovid, one of the first oral birth control pills, following…
ContraceptionBirth ControlEugenicsClinical trialMedical Ethics
The Development of Mifepristone for Use in Medication Abortions
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Aug 07, 2017
In the 1980s, researchers at the pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf in Paris, France, helped develop a biological compound called mifepristone.…
Induced AbortionAbortionAbortifacientsReproductive RightsMifepristone
John Charles Rock (1890-1984)
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 08, 2007
Born on 24 March 1890 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, to Ann and Frank Rock, John Charles Rock was both a devout Catholic and one of the leading…
PeopleContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsCatholicism
Amenorrhea as a Menstrual Disorder
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Aug 03, 2021
Amenorrhea is considered a type of abnormal menstrual bleeding characterized by the unexpected absence of menstrual bleeding, lasting three months or…
Amenorrhea, PrimaryMenstruation disordersMenstrual CyclePolycystic ovary syndromeBirth Control