There are a few problems with this imbalance because although men and women share many of the same medical concerns, their bodies react differently to the same medicines because of different metabolisms and physiologies. Furthermore, there are certain phenomena that occur only in women, such as menstruation, menopause, and other reproductive events. As women enter into medicine and feminists stress that women deserve the same attention as men, we are beginning to see that significant research and development is taking place in fields that concern women. Because of my raised consciousness in the area of women's health, I was excited when my mother told me she was going to be involved in a year-long experiment to test the effectiveness of natural progesterone. Post-menopausal women often suffer from osteoporosis, a condition in which the bones become brittle and often break.
Progesterone helps to increase bone density.
Traditionally, progesterone has been administered in the form of a pill, and the progesterone has been synthetically altered. One of the issues behind the production of progesterone is that of animal rights. Mares are kept in factory conditions, bred specifically to produce progesterone which can then be extracted from their blood. The progesterone enters the body transdermally and moves through the blood stream. Dr. Leonetti is very receptive to the newest trends in medicine which seem to involve a blend of wholistic, folk, and natural medicines with modern medicine and technologies.