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Tag: "hormone" at medical news

Anxiety likely to affect the foetus

...istry, her hormonal levels. For example cortisol,a hormone can cross the placenta and it may well affect the development of the baby's brain in the womb," she further added that every pregnant woman should take time to rest and relax....

Gene variation simulates cholesterol response to oestrogen

... take oestrogen.// Previous research suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) might protect women from...of detecting those women who can most benefit from hormone replacement....

Hypertensive drugs may cause cough

... say that iron decreases levels of nitric oxide, a hormone that is known to irritate the lungs. It is very difficult to state that iron should be recommended to patients on ACE inhibitors who are troubled by a cough. Since this is a small study, it is too soon to come to conclusions. Extensive work should pr...

Leptin connected to obesity blood clots

According to researchers, increased levels of the hormone leptin may explain why obese people seem to be mor... They have turned the spotlight on the role of the hormone leptin in making the blood clot more easily. Experiments with mice have shown that leptin-deficien...

HRT an accretion of cancer

Researchers from Sweden warn women undergoing hormone replacement therapy against the risk of uterus c...e rapidly," she said.A close watch on women taking hormone replacement therapy is recommended to counteract harmful effects....

Breast cancer risk doubles by high sex hormone levels

...these sex hormones. Associations between serum sex hormone levels and risk of developing breast cancer were n...ood closer in time to diagnosis, indicating higher hormone levels in these women were not a preclinical finding. In each of the nine cohorts included in the ...

Pregnancy weight linked to breast cancer

...ay impact cancer development because levels of the hormone estrogen, which are already raised during pregnancy, are amplified in fat tissue....

Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain

...omen who had received preventative oestrogen-based hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for at least two years and 33 were healthy women who had received neither tamoxifen nor HRT. Dr Ernst and colleagues found that women who had received tamoxifen or oestrogen had lower levels of myo-inositol than the control...

Blood Vessel Surgery Safe for Diabetics

...ses the ability to respond to the sugar-processing hormone insulin //or doesn't produce the hormone at all, is a major risk factor for heart disease, kidney failure, blindness and limb amputations. B...

Leptin linked to Blood Clots

According to a new research, high levels of a hormone called Leptin, produced by fat cells, could increase the risk for potentially lethal blood clots. Researchers at the University of Hopkins said obese people have a tendency to develop dangerous blood clots, but the relationship between obesity and cl...

High Altitude ‘Speeds up ageing process

...lps, the Rockies, and the Himalayas.” A number of hormone systems change with age, under normal circumstance...th sexes. “Maybe the decline in one of these three hormone levels is key to the ageing process and maybe if you reverse it, you might reverse the ageing proces...

Gestational Diabetes linked to Chromosomal defici

...ability to properly use the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin. For most women, the condition goes away after giving birth. However, Moore's team points out, for some women gestational diabetes signals an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. For others, it may be precursor to type 1 diabetes, a...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...in Seattle, suggested that drugs that suppress the hormone called ghrelin could curb appetite and may cut rat...eatments are very important," he said. Ghrelin, a hormone produced by the stomach, is named for the Hindi word for growth. Past studies have shown it rises ju...

Possible benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy

... counter long-held notions// about the benefits of hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, on the heart and bloo...here has been a sea change in our understanding of hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease. Manson and other experts now recommend that women go...

Men happy to take contraception

... muscle, suppressing the production of luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland. These are the hormones that help drive sperm production. But this was the l...

Iron supplementation quite necessary

... say that iron decreases levels of nitric oxide, a hormone that is known to irritate the lungs. It is very difficult to state that iron should be recommended to patients on ACE inhibitors who are troubled by a cough. Since this is a small study, it is too soon to come to conclusions. Extensive work should pr...

Hormone replacement therapy improves sexual function

...Southern California reveals that the patch form of hormone replacement therapy(HRT) can give a woman significant sexual improvement. They think that the patch works by increasing testosterone levels - and low testosterone is sometimes a cause of sexual difficulties. The oral form of HRT is not known to have ...

Back exercises reduces Osteoporosis

...ing exercises might be an effective alternative to hormone replacement therapy in protecting against osteopor...is. The programme could also be used to supplement hormone treatment....

Hormone therapy provides no heart benefit

According to a new study, it shows that hormone replacement does not improve the outcome for postm...attacks between the two groups. Moreover, those on hormone replacement were more likely to develop blood clotting problems or gall bladder disease. HERS II sug...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

Researchers made a new study which suggests hormone suppression therapy could increase substantially a...ned the potential benefits of suppressing the male hormone androgen, similar to the more commonly known male hormone testosterone, among 400 patients in advanc...

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