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Environmental Factors Found To Have An Impact On The Sex of A Child

...r sperm , however researchers say age, smoking and hormone levels did not change the outcome. Being the first study of its kind to show that the distribution of sex chromosomes in sperm can be affected by exposure to POPs ,researchers say the study set up did not enable them to determine if the increase in ...

Environmental Factors Found To Have An Impact On The Sex of A Child

...r sperm , however researchers say age, smoking and hormone levels did not change the outcome. Being the first study of its kind to show that the distribution of sex chromosomes in sperm can be affected by exposure to POPs ,researchers say the study set up did not enable them to determine if the increase in ...

Plastic to cause breast cancer

...e female mice more sensitive to the effects of the hormone estrogen. These mice, which were exposed to BPA from the womb, had developed more tissues in their breasts. It is a noted fact that higher density breast tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer. The study once again stresses the relevant need for...

Harmful chemicals change the genetic response to hormone estrogen

...lead to different genetic response// to the female hormone estrogen, when exposed to it early in life. The drug DES was prescribed to women for prevention of miscarriages, from the year 1938 to 1971. Research says that daughters of women who had used the drug are at increased risk from reproductive tract ab...

Improved height from administration of growth hormones

...hildren who suffer// from the deficiency of growth hormone by new improved dosages of the growth hormones. T...ve suggested that the administration of the growth hormone GH-dependent hormone based on the serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) can affect th...

Research explains why postmenopausal women accumulate abdominal fat.

...in the estrogen levels of the body that releases a hormone called cortisol. Women who underwent hormone replacement therapy had a low level of the hormone cortisol. For women who did not have the hormone ...

Drug addiction can be genetical, says study

...ke patterns also regulates a number of things like hormone levels, blood pressure, heart functions, body temperature, and currently established addiction to drug intake. The gene regulates the inherent vulnerability to drug addiction by rewarding the experience related to drugs which are commonly used for ab...

Drug for cancer may help restrict premature labor

...remature labor. The drug acts on the function of a hormone receptor protein in the uterus that is associated ...cle cells of the uterus by acting on the pregnancy hormone Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). In pregnancy the placenta produces large amounts of hCG. This...

Tumour marker for detecting early Recurrence of Thyroid cancer may be soon available

...moved it is essential to give replacement with the hormone thyroxin. This the patient has to take for rest of...atients had to stop taking their synthetic thyroid hormone several weeks before the test. “That worked fairly well, except that some people became miserable...

Short term hormone replacement therapy effective

...en's Health Initiative (WHI) shows that short-term hormone replacement therapy is suitable for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is the treatnment procedure that uses medication containing hormones like estrogen plus progestin, also known as synthetic progesterone. A...

The Benefits of Strontium in the treatment for Osteoporosis Questioned

... since the introduction of recombinant parathyroid hormone (PTH). However, the use of PTH is limited by its high cost and the need for subcutaneous self-injection. Recently strontium ranelate has been licensed in the United Kingdom for the treatment of osteoporosis. The mechanism of action of strontium rane...

Yoga Can Be Good For Breast Cancer Patients

...the overall quality of life, mental health, stress hormone levels, and aspects of immune function....

Environmental estrogens can cause breast cancer

... female, environmental factors also increase these hormone levels, which is thought to be an important factor for breast cancer occurrence. Though the dosage of 4-nonylphenol given to mice is much greater than the dosage what humans gets exposed in their daily life. The dosage given to mice is 1000 times m...

Women who had stopped HRT get back their symptoms

...ptoms of menopause that gets eliminated during the hormone replacement therapy// (HRT) may come back as soon the treatment is discontinued. Hormone replacement therapy is the treatment procedure that uses medication containing hormones like estrogen plus progestin, also known as synthetic progesterone. At t...

New clues to maternal aggressive behavior

...ggressive and protective behavior is linked to the hormone oxytocin// (OT), and may affect the maternal insti...ncts of animals and women in the same manner. The hormone is released from the neurohypophyseal terminals into the bloodstream as well as in the brain into th...

Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill

...relative comforts of your home. The test detects a hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/Patients/ PatientInfo/home_pregnancy_test.asp...

New Insight To The Role Of Peptide Signals

...s peptide neuro-hormone and can stimulate oxytocin hormone release from the dendrites, while it may block the release of the hormone from other sites. In their experiments, researchers had tried to establish a link between endogeno...

New Discovery May Help Treat Infertility

... Studies done over the years have shown that the hormone estrogen plays an important role in a variety of systems, most especially female reproduction. However, it was generally thought that there was only one receptor, the alpha receptor, that responded to estrogen. It wasn’t until 1996 that the second re...

Calcium-Vitamin D Combo For Reduced Fracture Risk

...in D is converted into its active form to act as a hormone to regulate calcium absorption from the intestine and to regulate levels of calcium and phosphate in the bones. If there is a deficiency of Vitamin D, the body is unable to properly regulate calcium and phosphate levels. When the blood levels of thes...

Weighty problem: Protein is the solution?

...samples were taken to measure insulin, leptin (the hormone responsible for hunger) and ghrelin (the satiety hormone). Results were as follows:- 1. Satiety was 'markedly increased' with the isocaloric diet but leptin was unchanged. 2. With the ad libitum high protein diet, average spontaneous calorie int...

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