Hormone
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Exercise can be a means to an end, namely better health. Now scientists at USC have studied a hormone that the human body releases during exercise, and found that administering it to even elderly mice improves their fitness and overall health.
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New findings from a team of Australian scientists suggest increased exposure to testosterone during pregnancy, triggered by a vitamin D deficiency, may be one of the causal factors explaining why autism spectrum disorder is more common in boys.
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Dormant tumor cells can sit quietly for years but exactly what reactivates these sleeping cancer cells is unknown. A new study is offering a novel hypothesis, suggesting stress hormones can trigger a chain of events that reawaken these dormant cells.
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A new study has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which a hormone released from the gut hours after eating effectively switches off the body’s fat production processes, and found this mechanism is defective in those with fatty liver disease.
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An intriguing new animal study is suggesting a hunger-regulating hormone secreted from the stomach may also influence memory and cognitive function. The study builds on a growing body of research into gut-brain communication via the vagus nerve.
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New data suggests testosterone therapy may be a helpful treatment for some men suffering from obesity. The research finds long-term testosterone therapy can, in some cases, be as effective as bariatric surgery in morbidly obese subjects.
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Compelling new research, studying zebrafish fights, is suggesting the fight-or-flight mechanism is modulated by a hormone that regulates appetite. And when the fish are starving this mechanism is triggered, helping them fight significantly longer.
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Scientists recently discovered the liver releases a hormone to suppress consumption of sweet foods once a person has consumed high volumes of sugar. A new study has homed in on exactly how this mechanism works, and where in the brain it takes place.
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Researchers have developed a novel technique that combines two diabetes drugs into a single injection. Previously these compounds required separate injections, creating a barrier for treatment that led to few diabetics embracing the novel therapy.
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A compelling new study, led by scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has found a novel gene therapy can prevent obesity and build muscle without the need for additional exercise, in mice being fed a high-fat diet.
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Four years after it was announced, the results of a controversial clinical trial have been published, finding a testosterone-reducing drug, originally developed for prostate cancer, lowered sexual interest in children for men with pedophilic disorder.
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A new study led by researchers from the Stanford School of Medicine suggests low levels of a hormone called vasopressin, measured in three-month-old babies, may serve as a predictive biomarker of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in later childhood.