News tagged with hormone imbalances

Female sex hormones can weaken the ability of fish to protect themselves against environmental toxins

It is well known that female sex hormones (oestrogens) that end up in rivers and lakes, primarily via spillage from sewers and livestock farming, pose a threat to the environment.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jobs said little about pancreatic cancer struggle

(AP) -- Steve Jobs managed to live more than seven years with a rare form of pancreatic cancer that grows more slowly than the common kind. But his need for a liver transplant two years ago was a bad sign ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Endometrial Cancer Most Common, Least Talked About Gynecologic Cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most common cancers affecting women in the United States has a precancerous state and obvious warning signs, yet almost 8,000 women die from the disease annually.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple CEO Jobs on stage, discusses transplant

(AP) -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs returned Wednesday to the showman role that has helped define his company leadership, taking the stage for the first time since his medical leave to announce such new products ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study aims to induce recovery from ankylosing spondylitis

Chinese patients will soon have the opportunity to take part in a study of a novel therapy aimed at reversing the autoimmune disease, ankylosing spondylitis. Approximately 200 patients will be chosen to participate in a clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at work few days a week

(AP) -- Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant.

Technology / Business

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia is curable without preventive cranial radiation

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Memphis hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant

(AP) -- Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple fans are prepared for a part-time Jobs

(AP) -- Five and a half months ago, word that Steve Jobs would only work part-time as he recovered from a liver transplant would have sent investors into a selling frenzy, so closely linked was Apple's charismatic ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hormone offers promise as fertility treatment

New research suggests the hormone kisspeptin shows promise as a potential new treatment for infertility. The research is being presented at the annual Society for Endocrinology BES meeting in Harrogate. Scientists led by ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0