It\u2019s all about progesterone.<\/p>\n
If Rhode Island researchers are right, and can prove what they are seeing on a larger scale, there may be even more hope for someone with a brain injury<\/a>. The ProTECT study is being carried on in a small room in the Rhode Island Hospital, led by an E.R. doctor. The \u201cPro\u201d part stands for progesterone, which, according to the American Fertility Association, “is a hormone that is released by the ovaries and is important for menstrual function and pregnancy.”<\/p>\n The rationale behind this exercise is that progesterone exists, naturally, in women and men. The difference here is that the particular progesterone the team is working with is not derived from humans. It comes from a yam.<\/p>\n Tests on animals have demonstrated that the yam-based progesterone decreased brain swelling. The benefits were deemed so great that it was then tried on humans — one trial a world away in China (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s all about progesterone. If Rhode Island researchers are right, and can prove what they are seeing on a larger scale, there may be even more hope for someone with a brain injury. The ProTECT study is being carried on…<\/span><\/p>\n