News tagged with dehydroepiandrosterone

Hormone levels contribute to stress resilience

It is important to understand what biological mechanisms contribute to an individual's capacity to be resilient under conditions of extreme stress, such as those regularly experienced by soldiers, police, and firefighters. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Older bereaved 'die of broken immune system not broken heart'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunity experts at the University of Birmingham have found biological evidence to suggest that bereavement lowers physical immunity, putting older people at risk of life-threatening infections.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Key pathway in end-stage prostate cancer tumor progression blocked

Prostate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone therapy, which is the standard treatment for patients, and begin producing their own androgens.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increasing fertility threefold

According to the American Pregnancy Association, six million women a year deal with infertility. Now, a Tel Aviv University study is giving new hope to women who want to conceive ― in the form of a pill they can find ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Of cyclops and lilies: New strategy for the synthesis of cylcopamine, a potential cancer treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1957, shepherds in Idaho (USA) discovered that when pregnant sheep ate lilies of the species Veratrum californicum (corn lily, California false hellebore), their lambs were born with only one eye in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Case studies: Dietary supplements with steroids pose health danger

Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of frailty in older women dependent on multisystem abnormalities

A study published online ahead of press in the Gerontology Society of America's Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences reports that the condition of frailty in older adults is associated with a critical mass of abnormal physio ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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