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Growth hormone treatment for HIV patients improves abdominal fat, but worsens glucose level
For human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with treatment-related abdominal obesity and growth hormone deficiency, receiving low-dose growth hormone resulted in improvement in fat and blood pressure measurements but worsened glucose levels.   view more (2008-08-04)

Explaining why pruning encourages plants to thrive
Scientists have shown that the main shoot dominates a plant's growth principally because it was there first, rather than due to its position at the top of the plant.   view more (2009-09-22)

Hormone clue to root growth
Plant roots provide the crops we eat with water, nutrients and anchorage. Understanding how roots grow and how hormones control that growth is crucial to improving crop yields, which will be necessary to address food security and produce better biofuels.    view more (2009-07-08)

Secret herb in tests to stop breast cancer patients' hot flushes and night sweats
Researchers at the University of Manchester are testing a secret herb in a bid to stop the severe hot flushes that besiege breast cancer patients on hormone treatment.   view more (2006-04-28)

Slipping past the blood brain barrier: Research shows potential treatment for brain cancer
A compound that kills cancer can sneak past the blood brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign substances, to do its work in fighting a particularly invasive brain cancer.   view more (2005-08-23)

Colon cancer a disease of hormone deficiency, Jefferson team finds
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have found new evidence suggesting that colon cancer is actually a disease of missing hormones that could potentially be treated by hormone replacement therapy.   view more (2007-08-01)

High altitude life may make women age before their time
n women, ageing is accompanied by a drop in the serum concentration of hormones such as DHEA/ DHEAS1, growth hormone, and ovarian sex hormones. Now new hormone research, published in the Journal of Endocrinology, indicates that women living at high altitude may age faster than those who live at sea level. A team led by Dr Gustavo Gonzales studied... view more... (2002-04-18)

Study by LIJ obstetrician confirms taller women are more likely to have twins
An obstetrician who specializes in multiple-birth pregnancies has confirmed that taller women are more likely to have twins.   view more (2006-09-25)

How plants learned to respond to changing environments
A team of John Innes centre scientists lead by Professor Nick Harberd have discovered how plants evolved the ability to adapt to changes in climate and environment.   view more (2007-07-13)

Estrogen-Dependent Switch Tempers Killing Activity of Immune Cells
The sex hormone estrogen tempers the killing activity of a specific group of immune cells, the cytotoxic T cells (CTLs), which are known to attack tumor cells and cells infected by viruses.   view more (2009-08-10)

Blood cholesterol levels predict risk of heart disease due to hormone therapy
A new analysis of a subgroup of participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy clinical trials suggests that healthy, postmenopausal women whose blood cholesterol levels are normal or lower are not at increased, short-term risk for heart attack when taking hormone therapy.   view more (2008-05-27)

Leptin found to control appetite and limb development in frogs
Leptin, the hormone secreted by fat cells that plays an important role in food intake, has been described for the first time in a cold-blooded vertebrate, the South African clawed frog Xenopus.   view more (2006-06-13)

Joslin-led study uncovers role of appetite hormone MCH in insulin production
A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has shown conclusively that a neuropeptide, melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), found in the brain and known for its role in increasing appetite in people, plays a role in the growth of insulin-producing beta cells and the secretion of insulin.   view more (2007-01-29)

Smoking during pregnancy may impair thyroid function of mom and fetus
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with potentially harmful changes in both maternal and fetal thyroid function, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).   view more (2009-01-13)

Drop in breast cancer incidence linked to hormone use, not mammograms
A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening.   view more (2007-08-15)

Hormone therapy before radiation seed implants for prostate cancer
Men over 70 years of age with early-stage prostate cancer have 20 percent higher mortality if they are treated first with hormone therapy before being treated with radiation seed implants (brachytherapy), compared to men who are treated with brachytherapy alone.   view more (2008-09-23)

Southampton scientists receive support from anti-doping agencies to further develop growth hormone test
Scientists at the University of Southampton have signed an agreement with the US Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency to develop a test for detecting growth hormone abuse. Growth hormone (GH) is a naturally occurring hormone, which has the effect of increasing lean body mass and decreasing fat mass-properties that have led to its... view more... (2003-05-27)

New biomarker predicts effectiveness of breast cancer drugs
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified a new way to predict when anti-estrogen drug therapies are inappropriate for patients with hormone-dependent breast cancer.   view more (2006-12-08)

Stress delays puberty
NWO research at Utrecht University has shown that when carp are subjected to stress, the development of their genital organs is delayed, so that they reach puberty later. It is likely that the stress hormone cortisol plays a major role in delaying puberty. Changes in water temperature produce stress in fish. Dimitri Consten of Utrecht University... view more... (2001-05-30)

Outsmarting cancer - new results from novel enzyme inhibitors
Smart drugs that can break the chain of command between enzymes and the genes involved in cell division and cell death are a new way forward in tackling breast cancer, according to Dr Stephen Johnston, a consultant oncologist from The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. He was speaking at a news briefing on Thursday (21 March) at the 3rd European... view more... (2002-03-19)
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