News tagged with hormone activity
Appetite-stimulating hormone is first potential medical treatment for frailty in older women
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Older women suffering from clinical frailty stand to benefit from the first potential medical treatment for the condition, according to a study presented today by Penn Medicine researchers at ENDO, The Endocrine Society's ...
Steroid doping tests ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Current steroid (testosterone) doping tests should be scrapped for international sport, because they ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of ...
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Appetite hormone works in two brain areas
Oct 18, 2007 |
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British scientists have discovered that a major hormone regulating appetite in humans operates through two areas of the brain.
Dartmouth researchers show effects of low dose arsenic on development
Nov 14, 2007 |
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A team of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers has determined that low doses of arsenic disrupt the activity of a hormone critical in development. The finding is further evidence that arsenic at low doses (at levels ...
Toward a cleaner, more effective method for destroying hormone-like pollutants in wastewater
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Researchers report effectiveness of a powerful, environmentally-friendly catalyst in destruction of various estrogens that currently escape complete removal in our wastewater treatment plants. Their study is scheduled for ...
Physical activity more likely to prevent breast cancer in certain groups
May 13, 2008 |
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Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British Jo ...
Scientists find potential protein biomarkers for growth hormone
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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Ohio University scientists have identified several proteins in mice that might act as biomarkers for growth hormone. The research could be the first step to finding a more reliable way to detect recombinant human growth hormone ...
Starvation hormone makes for small mice
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Chronically high levels of a recently discovered starvation hormone markedly stunt the growth of mice, reveals a new study in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. The liver-produced hormone known ...
Low blood levels of vitamin D may be associated with depression in older adults
May 05, 2008 |
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Older adults with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may have a higher risk of depression, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Ps ...
Hormone therapy plus physical activity reduce belly fat, body fat percentage after menopause
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Jun 10, 2009 |
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Older women who take hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms may get the added benefit of reduced body fat if they are physically active, according to a new study.
A potential new target for treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer
Apr 06, 2009 |
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A new study identifies a protein that modifies the androgen receptor (AR) and influences its ability to regulate target genes linked with the progression of prostate cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the April ...
Estrogen-dependent switch tempers killing activity of immune cells
Aug 10, 2009 |
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The sex hormone estrogen tempers the killing activity of a specific group of immune cells, the cytotoxic T cells (CTLs), which are known to attack tumor cells and cells infected by viruses. The key player in this process ...
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