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  • Above Right Image Provera: Note the Chemical alteration (see red side group) which creates a monster hormone called Provera, a synthetic altered version of progesterone.

    Why BioIdentical Hormones? 2009

  • Women taking both estrogen and a synthetic form of progesterone (brand name Provera) in the WHI had eight more cases of breast cancer per 10,000 than the control group; women taking estrogen alone had six fewer cases.

    The 7 Things You Should Know About Hormones 2009

  • To make matters even worse, synthetic progesterone (proteins) such as Provera or Depo-Provera, used in HRT, oral contraceptives, injections and implants are also listed as carcinogens.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • Confusion arose from the small but measurable negative effects of the synthetic progestin, Provera (Medroxy Progesterone Acetate, MPA) that was present in PremPro, and released with frightening negative media blitz in July, 2002 (the original WHI "HRT shock heard 'round the world" press release).

    Ricki Pollycove, M.D.: Estrogen During Menopause: To Take, Or Not To Take? M.D. Ricki Pollycove 2011

  • Confusion arose from the small but measurable negative effects of the synthetic progestin, Provera (Medroxy Progesterone Acetate, MPA) that was present in PremPro, and released with frightening negative media blitz in July, 2002 (the original WHI "HRT shock heard 'round the world" press release).

    Ricki Pollycove, M.D.: Estrogen During Menopause: To Take, Or Not To Take? M.D. Ricki Pollycove 2011

  • Eliminating prison rape is easy, cheap, and painless: dose all food and drink with generous amounts of Depo-Provera and secobarbital.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “Weight Classes” for Prison Inmates 2010

  • How about opening free Depo Provera clinics all over Haiti so poor Haitian women can reduce their Total Fertility Rate below 3.81?

    Matthew Yglesias » Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants 2010

  • The "S&P downgrade was taken for granted," said chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman of tire-maker Pirelli SpA.

    Berlusconi Lashes Out at S&P Following Downgrade Stacy Meichtry 2011

  • "The budget measures, which have changed two, three times in the space of two weeks, aren't off to a good start," Marco Tronchetti Provera , chairman of Pirelli SpA, an Italian tire maker, said in an interview at the conference, organized by Italian think tank Ambrosetti.

    Berlusconi Under Fire for Dawdling on Austerity Plan Gabriele Parussini 2011

  • Confusion arose from the small but measurable negative effects of the synthetic progestin, Provera (Medroxy Progesterone Acetate, MPA) that was present in PremPro, and released with frightening negative media blitz in July, 2002 (the original WHI "HRT shock heard 'round the world" press release).

    Ricki Pollycove, M.D.: Estrogen During Menopause: To Take, Or Not To Take? M.D. Ricki Pollycove 2011

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