Harry Houdini. Houdini redirects here. For other uses, see Houdini (disambiguation). Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 â October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts.
Hormone therapy for breast cancer. Hormone therapy is a form of systemic therapy that works to add, block or remove hormones from the body to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells.
Many cancers rely on hormones to grow. Medroxyprogesterone is a man-made drug similar to the female hormone progesterone. Doctors think it may work by interfering with the hormone balance in the body. This may stop the cancer growing.