Tagged : hormone
Hormone replacement therapy increases lung cancer risk
Washington, Mar 4 - ANI: Women aged 50 to 76 who use hormone replacement therapy combining estrogen and progestin may have a higher risk of lung cancer than non-users, a new study has found. Researchers said that although the risk is "duration-de.......
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 10:38 | Read More
Washington, Mar 4 - ANI: Women aged 50 to 76 who use hormone replacement therapy combining estrogen and progestin may have a higher risk of lung cancer than non-users, a new study has found. Researchers said that although the risk is "duration-de.......
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 10:38 | Read More
Stomach hormone may offer novel fibrosis therapy
Washington, Mar 1 - ANI: Spanish researchers have suggested that ghrelin, a stomach hormone, could offer therapy for fibrosis. In the study, boffins determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin.......
Published : Monday 01 Mar 2010 12:18 | Read More
Washington, Mar 1 - ANI: Spanish researchers have suggested that ghrelin, a stomach hormone, could offer therapy for fibrosis. In the study, boffins determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin.......
Published : Monday 01 Mar 2010 12:18 | Read More
Age, not decrease in estrogen, behind osteoporosis
Washington, Mar 1 - ANI: Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have identified an age-related mechanism not a decrease of the hormone estrogen as the primary culprit behind osteoporosis. The research team, led by Stavr.......
Published : Monday 01 Mar 2010 12:16 | Read More
Washington, Mar 1 - ANI: Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have identified an age-related mechanism not a decrease of the hormone estrogen as the primary culprit behind osteoporosis. The research team, led by Stavr.......
Published : Monday 01 Mar 2010 12:16 | Read More
Good mothering can make up for prenatal stress
Washington, Feb 26 - ANI: Fetuses exposed to elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol shown to be a harbinger for babies poor cognitive development can escape this fate if their mothers provide them sensitive care during infancy and toddler-hood, .......
Published : Friday 26 Feb 2010 13:14 | Read More
Washington, Feb 26 - ANI: Fetuses exposed to elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol shown to be a harbinger for babies poor cognitive development can escape this fate if their mothers provide them sensitive care during infancy and toddler-hood, .......
Published : Friday 26 Feb 2010 13:14 | Read More
Key hormone helps animals bond
Scientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals recognise others by their smell........
Published : Friday 26 Feb 2010 12:55 | Read More
Scientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals recognise others by their smell........
Published : Friday 26 Feb 2010 12:55 | Read More
How key hormone helps animals to recognize others by their smell
Washington, Feb 25 - ANI: In a new study, scientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals to recognize others by their smell. The study, by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, has shown that the hormone vasopressin helps the brain d.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 13:07 | Read More
Washington, Feb 25 - ANI: In a new study, scientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals to recognize others by their smell. The study, by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, has shown that the hormone vasopressin helps the brain d.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 13:07 | Read More
Scientists discover first female sex hormone in a plant
Washington, Feb 25 - ANI: Scientists have reported the first discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant. Until now, scientists thought that only animals could make progesterone. A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, progesterone.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 13:31 | Read More
Washington, Feb 25 - ANI: Scientists have reported the first discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant. Until now, scientists thought that only animals could make progesterone. A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, progesterone.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 13:31 | Read More
How a hormone helps animals recognise each other by smell
London, Feb 25 - ANI: Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have pinpointed how a key hormone, known as vasopressin, helps animals recognise each other by their smell. The new study into how animals bond with each other could shed light on the cau.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 11:06 | Read More
London, Feb 25 - ANI: Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have pinpointed how a key hormone, known as vasopressin, helps animals recognise each other by their smell. The new study into how animals bond with each other could shed light on the cau.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 11:06 | Read More
Hormone changes during menopause raise heart disease risk
Washington, Feb 24 - ANI: Scientists say hormone changes during menopause increase the risk of heart disease in women. Many women younger than 50 have not yet gone through menopause and still have high levels of the female hormone estrogen in their bl.......
Published : Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 15:37 | Read More
Washington, Feb 24 - ANI: Scientists say hormone changes during menopause increase the risk of heart disease in women. Many women younger than 50 have not yet gone through menopause and still have high levels of the female hormone estrogen in their bl.......
Published : Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 15:37 | Read More
Depression sparks obesity in girls
Washington, Feb 24 - ANI: Depression could increase levels of cortisol stress hormone in adolescent boys and girls but may trigger obesity only in girls, a new study has found. "This is the first time cortisol reactivity has been identified as .......
Published : Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 12:30 | Read More
Washington, Feb 24 - ANI: Depression could increase levels of cortisol stress hormone in adolescent boys and girls but may trigger obesity only in girls, a new study has found. "This is the first time cortisol reactivity has been identified as .......
Published : Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 12:30 | Read More
Stress hormone, depression trigger obesity in girls
Depression raises stress hormone levels in teenaged boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, says a new study........
Published : Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 10:01 | Read More
Depression raises stress hormone levels in teenaged boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, says a new study........
Published : Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 10:01 | Read More
Stress 'increases memory loss risk in diabetics'
London, Feb 22 - ANI: A new study from Edinburgh University suggests that stress increases the risk of memory loss in diabetics. The findings showed that high levels of a stress hormone called cortisol slowed down the brain function of people sufferin.......
Published : Monday 22 Feb 2010 14:44 | Read More
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London, Feb 22 - ANI: A new study from Edinburgh University suggests that stress increases the risk of memory loss in diabetics. The findings showed that high levels of a stress hormone called cortisol slowed down the brain function of people sufferin.......
Published : Monday 22 Feb 2010 14:44 | Read More