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Life and death in the living brain: Recruitment of new neurons slows when old brain cells kept from dying

Life and death in the living brain: Recruitment of new neurons slows when old brain cells kept from dying

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones. Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted ...


7 solutions for sleepless situations

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Seven solutions for sleepless situations.


Autism linked with stress hormone levels

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Some of the symptoms of the autistic condition Asperger Syndrome, such as a need for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research led by the University ...





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Long-term hormone replacement therapy increases breast cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Now there is proof for women in Germany, too: If hormone replacement therapy is taken over a period of more than five years, the risk of breast cancer will increase. While this risk is considerably elevated during use of ...


Study: When/if to start hormones for prostate cancer patients whose PSA rises after radiation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any ...


Low blood levels of vitamin D may be associated with depression in older adults

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created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

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 ...


New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring ...


Inhaled growth hormone safe for children deficient in this key protein

Inhaled growth hormone safe for children deficient in this key protein

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A multi-center clinical trial led by a Riley Hospital for Children endocrinologist has found that inhaled growth hormone (GH) is well tolerated by children with GH deficiency and that this easy-to-use method ...


African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can be frightening news for men, new research shows that sometimes the levels are caused by a naturally occurring hormone, and may not indicate a need ...


Short-term hormone therapy and intermediate dose radiation increases survivial for early stage prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 hormone data can predict menopause within a year

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For many women, including the growing number who choose later-in-life pregnancy, predicting their biological clock's relation to the timing of their menopause and infertility is critically important.


Exercise reduces hunger in lean women but not obese women

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise does not suppress appetite in obese women, as it does in lean women, according to a new study. The results were presented Tuesday, June 17, at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.


'Love Hormone' Promotes Bonding

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created Feb 08, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 0

Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it may also mimic early attachments that forever alter your brain and body.



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