Archive for the ‘Endocrinology’ Category
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
New results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) confirm that the health risks of long-term use of combination (estrogen plus progestin) hormone therapy in healthy, postmenopausal women persist even a few years after stopping the drugs and clearly outweigh the benefits. Researchers report that about three years after women stopped ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
The "female sex hormone" estradiol is present in both men and women, and is generated from testosterone in men by the protein aromatase. Estradiol plays various roles in addition to its gender-specific ones, including having effects on the hearing (auditory) system. In a new study, Barbara Canlon and colleagues at ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Considerable attention has been paid to the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquatic environments, but rather less attention has been given to routes of contamination on land. A new study, published in PLoS ONE on February 27 by researchers at Cardiff University, reveals that wild birds foraging on invertebrates ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Postmenopausal women taking combined hormone replacement therapy have only a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer, but there are much greater chances they will experience the worry of abnormal mammograms or undergo an avoidable breast biopsy than postmenopausal women not taking the drugs, according to a study published Monday, ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Armed with thousands of patient case histories that show the harmful consequences of excess insulin and adrenaline - hormones typically produced in large quantities by driven, highly successful people - Platt Medical Center has developed a wellness program for executives utilizing highly effective natural hormone treatment protocols developed by renowned ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Speciality European Pharma (SEP) has announced the launch of Plenaxis® in Germany. Plenaxis® is used to treat advanced and metastatic hormone responsive prostate cancer and it causes a rapid and sustained decline in testosterone levels, thereby giving quick control of prostate cancer symptoms. Once the disease is under control, the ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
A study conducted on 346 19-month-old twins by an international team led by Universite Laval professor of psychology Michel Boivin reveals that the genetic and environmental bases of hormonal response to stress depend on the context in which a child grows up. This is the first time such an effect ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Thyroid hormone deficiencies in early pregnancy can cause locomotor underdevelopment in the child, according to research from Karolinska Institutet. The results bring new insights into brain development and could affect routine pregnancy testing.Children born with thyroid hormone deficiencies (hypothyreosis) are in danger of mental and locomotor underdevelopment if they remain ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Good social support and reliable information are essential for women who find menopause an intense and life-altering experience, especially if they live in rural areas where health services are patchy or inaccessible. That's the key finding from research published in the latest issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.Researchers from ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Persons exposed to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as children and adolescents have an increased risk of follicular adenoma or benign tumor of the thyroid gland, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Results of the study further suggest that age at exposure, history of ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
While most people understand the dangers of flushing toxic chemicals into the ecosystem through municipal sewer systems, one potentially devastating threat to wild fish populations comes from an unlikely source: estrogen.After an exhaustive seven-year research effort, Canadian biologists found that miniscule amounts of estrogen present in municipal wastewater discharges can ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
UroToday.com - Dr. Freedland discussed the metabolic syndrome that is a combination of medical disorders that increases one's risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease. It is defined by 3 of 5 criteria; waist circumference >102cm, high triglycerides or HDL, glucose intolerance or high BP. The metabolic syndrome increases the CV risk ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
UroToday.com - Dr. Oh reviewed the past and present of secondary hormonal therapies. He showed patient cases of sequential secondary therapies with outcomes supporting the heterogeneity of CaP. Some patients metastasize then develop castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) while others have CRPC when metastases occur, perhaps due to the increased ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
The Edinburg, Va.-based Hands Off My Estrogens Coalition last week placed advertisements in five newspapers that accused FDA of being hostile toward custom-made hormone products aimed at treating symptoms associated with menopause, the Washington Post reports. The ads -- which appeared in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Lannett Company, Inc. (AMEX: LCI) said it is encouraged by a legal development in Florida that could remove generic Levothyroxine Sodium from the state's negative drug formulary. An administrative judge in Florida recently found that the inclusion of Levothyroxine on the state's negative drug formulary is an invalid exercise of ...
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