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Anabolic androgenic steroids accelerate brain ageing, reveals stud
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Philadelphia [US], March 25 (ANI): Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), a synthetic version of the male sex hormone testosterone, are sometimes used as a medical treatment for hormone imbalance. A new study suggests that AAS can also have deleterious effects on the brain, causing it to age pr
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Study reveals 'hunger hormone' ghrelin affects monetary decision m
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Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): Higher levels of the stomach-derived hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, predict a greater preference for smaller immediate monetary rewards over larger delayed financial rewards, a new study finds.
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Enzene Biosciences Ltd. obtains marketing authorization for its fi
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): Recently Enzene Biosciences Ltd. announced that it has obtained Marketing Authorisation (MA) from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for Teriparatide - bioactive part of human parathyroid hormone (PTH), an anabolic approach to the
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Study analyses hormone seasonality in humans
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Tel Aviv [Israel], February 3 (ANI): A recent study has provided researchers with a dataset of millions of hormone tests from medical records that shows seasonality with a winter-spring peak in hormones for reproduction, growth, metabolism, and stress adaptation. The hormone seasonality indi
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PCOS Consequences/Treatment: Here Are Some Natural Ways to Fight P
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI/Mediawire): Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD), also known as PCOS stands for polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that is characterized by the overproduction of a woman's hormone levels, irregular menstrual periods, and cysts in the ovaries. PCOS/PCOD is
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Study reveals sexual dysfunction hits some women harder than other
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Cleveland [Ohio], January 6 (ANI): A new study identified the determinants that affect a woman's risk of sexual dysfunction and sought to determine the effectiveness of hormone therapy in decreasing that risk and modifying sexual behaviour.
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Study suggests exposure to metals can impact pregnancy
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): Exposure to metals such as nickel, arsenic, cobalt and lead may disrupt a woman's hormones during pregnancy, according to a Rutgers study.
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Oral hormone therapy changes metabolome of menopausal women, finds
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Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): In a recent study it has been discovered that hormone therapy can be very useful in significantly altering the metabolome of postmenopausal women.
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Oral hormone therapy shown to significantly alter metabolome of me
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Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): Groundbreaking research led by a team of scientists including a University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician shows that oral hormone therapy (HT) significantly alters the metabolome of postmenopausal women.
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Genetic variant in children may reduce leptin production resulting
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): Children of African ancestry are at a higher risk of developing obesity if they possess a genetic variant that reduces their ability to produce the hormone, leptin, a recent study has found.
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Serotonin promotes patience in parts of brain: Scientists reveal
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], November 29 (ANI): Serotonin, the hormone which determines the level of patience, has been found by a study done on mice to also dictate whether one will crave instant gratification or will calmly anticipate the reward.
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Child weight gain linked to ability to produce leptin: Study
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): Children having African ancestry are more prone to developing obesity if they possess a genetic variant that reduces their ability to produce the hormone leptin.
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