Hormones

New research on hormones from Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry summarized

Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, October 19th, 2008

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Progesterone reduces wakefulness in sleep EEG and has no effect on cognition in healthy postmenopausal women.' According to recent research published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, "Sleep is frequently impaired in postmenopausal women. Progesterone prompted benzodiazepine-like effects on sleep EEG in young normal male subjects."

"Aim of this study was to test if treatment with progesterone improves sleep after menopause. A randomised double blind crossover design study with 2 treatment intervals of 21 days duration separated by a 2 weeks washout was performed. An oral dose of 300 mg micronized progesterone...

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Source: Nursing Home and Elder Business Week (2008-10-19)

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