Zark,
On rheuma21st.com there is an interesting article about hormones and inflammation:
rheuma21st.
Hormones like progresteron are powerfull anti inflammatories. Just like cortisol the natural hormone that is the base of the prednisone like medicines it's a pity there are so many side effects to the use of these steroids.
Gerard

"That we become twice as old now as a century ago is the work of plumbers, not doctors" -Midas Dekkers-