News tagged with hormone imbalances
Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia is curable without preventive cranial radiation
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can be successfully treated using a carefully personalized chemotherapy regimen without cranial radiation, investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found. Such ...
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More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...
Study provides documentation that tumor 'stem-like cells' exist in benign tumors
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Cancer stem-like cells have been implicated in the genesis of a variety of malignant cancers. Research scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have isolated stem-like cells in benign ...
The narrow line between love and jealousy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 12, 2009 |
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A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the "love hormone", which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy ...
Decline in breast cancer: Not just because of hormone therapy
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Between 2002 and 2003, American women experienced a 7 percent decline in breast cancer incidence, which scientists attribute to the publicity surrounding results of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).
Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...
Waiting for biopsy results may adversely affect health
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Women who've had a breast biopsy know the anxiety of waiting for the results, but that stress may cause adverse health effects, according to a new study published in the March issue of Radiology.
Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who've had serious heart problems.
Short-term hormone therapy and intermediate dose radiation increases survivial for early stage prostate cancer
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Short-term hormone therapy given prior to and during intermediate dose radiation treatment for men with early stage prostate cancer increases their chance of living longer, compared to those who receive the same radiation ...
New human reproductive hormone could lead to novel contraceptives
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 10 years after the discovery that birds make a hormone that suppresses reproduction, University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists have established that humans make it too, opening ...
Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer
Dec 08, 2009 |
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The natural compound xanthohumol blocks the effects of the male hormone testosterone, therefore aiding in the prevention of prostate cancer.
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