According to the Wall Street Journal, medical researchers have found that high doses of progesterone can prevent permanent brain damage and speed recovery if administered as soon as possible after a brain injury.

Progesterone, a female hormone associated with pregnancy, is known to protect the fetus and aid in brain and nerve development. Only recently have researchers discovered that it helps protect and heal adults, too.

Approval of progesterone as a medical treatmen is still 6 or 7 years away. But already researchers are making startling new discoveries. Immediately administering high doses of progesterone may also stop damage and speed recovery for stroke victims.

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