News tagged with endogenous hormones

Naturally produced estrogen may protect women from Parkinson's disease

Women who have more years of fertility (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than women with fewer years, according to a large, new study by researchers at Albert ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Genetic variants linked to increased risk of common gynecological disease

Research published today identifies two genetic variants that increase the risk of developing endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease. The study provides clues to the origin of this often very painful condition, which ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Estrogen alone is effective for reducing breast cancer risk

While endogenous estrogen (i.e., estrogen produced by ovaries and by other tissues) does have a well-known carcinogenic impact, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) utilizing estrogen alone (the exogenous estrogen) provides ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Rye and barley products facilitate blood glucose and appetite regulation

Evidence from observational studies indicates that diets rich in whole grain reduce risk of obesity and other diseases related to the metabolic syndrome e.g. type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. The mechanisms involved ...

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HRT and cataract risk; smoking and uveitis

Intriguing findings on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cataract risk, and on smoking and uveitis risk are reported in this month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

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created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Be Aware of Blood Sugar Post Gastric Bypass

(PhysOrg.com) -- People with type 2 diabetes who have gastric bypass surgery often leave the hospital without the need for previously prescribed diabetes medications.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find increased dairy intake reduces risk of uterine fibroids in black women

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Center found that black women with high intake of dairy products have a reduced incidence of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids). This report, based ...

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

Melatonin, a hormone segregated by human body, regulates sleep better than somniferous

Melatonin, a natural hormone segregated by the own human body, is an excellent sleep regulator expected to replace somniferous, which are much more aggressive, to correct the sleep/wakefulness pace when human biological clock ...

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new molecule to combat diabetes and obesity

Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, is increasing at an alarming state with more than 180 million people affected worldwide. With the rising incidence of obesity, a major risk factor for the onset of type 2 ...

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New information about how fat increases blood pressure could help identify those at risk

Some of the first information about how fat causes hypertension have been identified by researchers who say the findings should one day help identify which obese people - and maybe some thin ones too - are ...

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers to implant pig cells in diabetics

(AP) -- A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes.

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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