Female sex hormones play a vital role in defense against sexually transmitted diseases
Two McMaster University studies, to be published in the Journal of Virology, show that sex hormones have a profound effect on susceptibility of female mice to the herpes simplex virus, type 2 (HSV-2 ), one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. Charu Kaushic, assistant professor and supervisor of the studies, says the implication of this work is quite significant. "The research...Deficiency of growth hormone and IGF-1 reduces cancer and kidney disease, but creates other problems
Deficiencies of growth hormone and similar compounds may reduce cancer and kidney disease late in life, but also may lead to cartilage degeneration and impaired memory and learning ability, according to research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and four other institutions. The researchers used a rat model to explore the effects of growth hormone and another compound, IGF-1...Measuring hormone cuts antibiotic use in half in pneumonia patients
Measuring a hormone in the blood can help doctors greatly reduce the number of days pneumonia patients have to take antibiotics to cure their infection, according to a study to be presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference on May 24. In the study, pneumonia patients whose level of the hormone procalcitonin was measured during the course of their illness took antibi...Alcohol consumption disrupts breastfeeding hormones
Despite age-old claims advising breastfeeding moms that alcoholic beverages can improve their nursing performance, researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center report that even moderate doses of alcohol affect the hormones responsible for lactation in a counterproductive manner. "This information is important for women," comments lead author Julie Mennella, PhD, a biopsychologist. "If...VCU study shows hormone-like molecule kills cells that cause inflammation in allergic disease
Virginia Commonwealth University immunologists studying mast cells, known to play a central role in asthma and allergic disease, have identified a hormone-like molecule that can kill these cells by programming them to die in studies with mice. The findings move researchers another step closer to understanding the life cycle of mast cells, and may help researchers develop new treatments fo...Rabbit Anti-Parathyroid Hormone Receptor 2 (PTHR2) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from CHEMICON
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Social disorders such as autism constitute one area where those differences come to the fore: around 80 percent of all autism cases, for example, occur in men. Social play behaviors also differ greatly between the sexes - just about everyone agrees that young boys play "rougher" t...Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery
Thyroid hormone treatment after surgery requiring heart bypass speeds recovery in children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects, according to a clinical trial published in The Lancet. The effects were greatest in the patients who underwent long and difficult surgeries. Following trauma or surgery or during a critical illness, thyroid hormone concentrations plummet. Ma...Levothyroxine Thyroid Hormone Replacement, Approved for Hypothyroidism
The thyroid hormone replacement prescription drug, levothyroxine sodium (Unithroid) for hypothyroidism in adults and children has been approved for use in the United States by the FDA. The thyroid hormaone is involved in the regulation of a wide range of metabolic processes within the body in all age groups. In children thyroid hormones are essential for normal physical growth and i...Hormone replacement Therapy a headache
Researchers from Sweden warn women undergoing hormone replacement therapy against the risk of uterus cancer. Hormone Replacement Therapy is advised for women to reduce menopausal side effects like hot flushes and night sweats, and to protect them from osteoporosis and heart disease.// Research has shown the drugs, which replace natural hormones that decrease with menopause,...Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy
A major US study has found that women who have taken postmenopausal oestrogens for ten years or more are at substantially greater risk of fatal ovarian cancer. The risk persists for many years after therapy is discontinued, researchers from the American Cancer Society report// in the Journal of the American Medical Association.The study followed 201,681 postmenopausal women from 1982 t...Hormone contraceptives lead to bone problems
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Two anti-aging preventative medicine doctors say they are outragedover recent media coverage about their advocacy of prescribinghuman growth hormone to treat a hormone deficiency often associatedwith aging. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 27, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The adultuse of human growth hormone (HGH) was at the center of a recent NewYork Times article about the founders of the American Ac...