News tagged with hormone deficiency

Heart and bone damage from low vitamin D tied to declines in sex hormones

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research

(PhysOrg.com) -- A common type of chronic diarrhoea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research published in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The author ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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

Study shows hormone replacement therapy decreases mortality in younger postmenopausal woman

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency has been in widespread use for over 60 years. Several observational studies over the years showed that HRT use by younger postmenopausal women was ...

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers propose a relationship between androgen deficiency and cardiovascular disease

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with researchers from Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of ...

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