News tagged with hormonal effect

New discovery may lead to safer treatments for asthma, allergies and arthritis

Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Male breast cancer patients stop taking tamoxifen early because of drug-related side effects

The largest study to investigate the tolerability of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen in male breast cancer patients has shown that men stop taking their prescribed therapy early because of problems with side effects caused ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tamoxifen resistance -- and how to defeat it

In the last three decades, thousands of women with breast cancer have taken the drug tamoxifen, only to discover that the therapy doesn't work, either because their tumors do not respond to the treatment at all, or because ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Testosterone concentrations in men affected by genetic makeup

Genetics play an important role in the variation in, and risk of, low testosterone concentrations in men. A study by the CHARGE Sex Hormone Consortium, published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics on Thursday, 6th Oc ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HRT therapy appears to increase risk of hospitalization from severe asthma attacks

Women taking postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have an increased risk of severe asthma attacks requiring hospitalisation, scientists warn.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Birth control pills affect memory, study finds

Women who use contraceptives like birth control pills experience memory changes, according to new UC Irvine research. Their ability to remember the gist of an emotional event improves, while women not using the contraceptives ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how some breast cancers alter their sensitivity to estrogen

Using human breast cancer cells and the protein that causes fireflies to glow, a Johns Hopkins team has shed light on why some breast cancer cells become resistant to the anticancer effects of the drug tamoxifen. The key ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin D relieves joint, muscle pain for breast cancer patients

High-dose vitamin D relieves joint and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Effects of exercise on meal-related gut hormone signals

Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that alterations ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Antifungal drug delays need for chemo in advanced prostate cancer

The oral antifungal drug itraconazole, most commonly used to treat nail fungus, may keep prostate cancer from worsening and delay the need for chemotherapy in men with advanced disease. Details of the finding, from a clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IMRT cuts GI side effects from prostate cancer in half vs. 3D-CRT

Intensity modulated radiation therapy, a newer, more precise form of radiation therapy, causes fewer gastrointestinal side effects when combined with hormone therapy than using three-dimensional radiation therapy, according ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Male menopause: The lowdown on 'low T'

Is there such a thing as male menopause? In women, menopause is characterized by a cessation of fertility and a sharp drop in certain hormone levels at midlife. In that sense, men don't go through their own version of menopause. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grape ingredient resveratrol increases beneficial fat hormone

Resveratrol, a compound in grapes, displays antioxidant and other positive properties. In a study published this week, researchers at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio describe a novel way in which resveratrol exerts ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Light therapy promising for treating major depression

(PhysOrg.com) -- A small clinical trial in The Netherlands suggests bright light therapy may be a useful treatment for the symptoms of major depression in older adults.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Botanicals have no effect on hot flashes or cognition: Study (w/ Podcast)

Two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have found that commonly used botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0