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Chemical Tags Likely To Affect Metabolism, Cancer Development

Categorie : Endocrinology
It is not unusual to hear people blame their metabolism after gaining a few pounds. But changes in metabolism the process that shapes how our bodies turn food into energy -- can have much more sinister effects than making it hard to fit into your favorite jeans... ...

read more It is not unusual to hear people blame their metabolism after gaining a few pounds. But changes in metabolism the process that shapes how our bodies turn food into energy -- can have much more sinister effects than making it hard to fit into your favorite jeans... read more Fri Mar 2010

Anti Inflammatory Signal Protein Discovered

Categorie : Endocrinology
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a protein that is crucial in mediating the anti-inflammatory actions of nuclear lipid receptors... ...

read more Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a protein that is crucial in mediating the anti-inflammatory actions of nuclear lipid receptors... read more Fri Mar 2010

Male Cancer Survivors' Quality Of Life Affected By Testosterone Deficiency

Categorie : Endocrinology
A new study has found that many male cancer survivors who develop testosterone deficiency after receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy have an impaired quality of life and reduced energy levels... ...

read more A new study has found that many male cancer survivors who develop testosterone deficiency after receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy have an impaired quality of life and reduced energy levels... read more Fri Mar 2010

Progesterone For Traumatic Brain Injury Tested In Phase III Clinical Trial

Categorie : Endocrinology
Researchers at 17 medical centers across the country soon will begin using the hormone progesterone to treat patients who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI). The treatment is part of a randomized, double-blind Phase III clinical trial that will enroll approximately 1,140 people over a three- to ...

read more Researchers at 17 medical centers across the country soon will begin using the hormone progesterone to treat patients who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI). The treatment is part of a randomized, double-blind Phase III clinical trial that will enroll approximately 1,140 people over a three- to read more Fri Mar 2010

Progesterone May Help Treat Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, Phase III Trial To Start

Categorie : Endocrinology
A randomized, double-blind Phase III clinical trial, involving approximately 1,140 patients over a three-to-six year period using the hormone progesterone to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) will start in March 2010 at 17 medical centers across the USA. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is f ...

read more A randomized, double-blind Phase III clinical trial, involving approximately 1,140 patients over a three-to-six year period using the hormone progesterone to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) will start in March 2010 at 17 medical centers across the USA. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is f read more Fri Mar 2010

Lab Research Targets 'Estrogen-Receptor Positive' Breast Cancer Cells; Identifies Key Protein

Categorie : Endocrinology
In a laboratory study published in the journal Cancer Research, Scott & White Healthcare anatomic pathologist Arundhati Rao, M.D. is a co-investigator looking at the ways in which estrogen can interfere with how chemotherapy does its job in destroying breast cancer cells. The most common type of bre ...

read more In a laboratory study published in the journal Cancer Research, Scott & White Healthcare anatomic pathologist Arundhati Rao, M.D. is a co-investigator looking at the ways in which estrogen can interfere with how chemotherapy does its job in destroying breast cancer cells. The most common type of bre read more Fri Mar 2010

Hormone Changes During Menopause Increase Risk Of Heart Disease And Stroke

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When women hear the word menopause, they often think about hot flashes, hormone shifts and mood swings. But what about heart disease? Studies show a woman's risk of heart disease intensifies drastically around the time of natural menopause, which for most women is around the age of 50... ...

read more When women hear the word menopause, they often think about hot flashes, hormone shifts and mood swings. But what about heart disease? Studies show a woman's risk of heart disease intensifies drastically around the time of natural menopause, which for most women is around the age of 50... read more Fri Mar 2010

National Leaders In The Scientific And Medical Communities Call For Improved Accuracy In Testosterone Testing

Categorie : Endocrinology
On February 18 and 19, The Endocrine Society, in conjunction with the CDC, brought together the nation's leading medical and scientific organizations to develop consensus recommendations for improving accuracy in testosterone assays. Testosterone assays are tests that measure testosterone levels w ...

read more On February 18 and 19, The Endocrine Society, in conjunction with the CDC, brought together the nation's leading medical and scientific organizations to develop consensus recommendations for improving accuracy in testosterone assays. Testosterone assays are tests that measure testosterone levels w read more Fri Mar 2010

Effects Of Iodine Supplements On Maternal Thyroid Function Studied

Categorie : Endocrinology
Iodine is an essential element for synthesising thyroid hormones. A team of researchers from the Childhood and Environment Project (INMA) has studied the consequences of pregnant women consuming it in their diet and in supplements. The results suggest the need to evaluate their iodine nutritional st ...

read more Iodine is an essential element for synthesising thyroid hormones. A team of researchers from the Childhood and Environment Project (INMA) has studied the consequences of pregnant women consuming it in their diet and in supplements. The results suggest the need to evaluate their iodine nutritional st read more Fri Mar 2010

Shire Provides Update On Biologics License Application (BLA) Filing For REPLAGAL(R) (agalsidase Alfa) With The U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA)

Categorie : Endocrinology
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces it has received Fast Track designation from the FDA for REPLAGAL(R) (agalsidase alfa), its enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease. Shire filed a BLA for REPLAGAL in December 2009... ...

read more Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces it has received Fast Track designation from the FDA for REPLAGAL(R) (agalsidase alfa), its enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease. Shire filed a BLA for REPLAGAL in December 2009... read more Fri Mar 2010

Women's Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Cataracts; Smoking May Raise Uveitis Risk

Categorie : Endocrinology
Intriguing findings on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cataract risk, and on smoking and uveitis risk are reported in this month's Ophthalmology,the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology... ...

read more Intriguing findings on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cataract risk, and on smoking and uveitis risk are reported in this month's Ophthalmology,the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology... read more Fri Mar 2010

Effective Prostate Cancer Treatment Discovery

Categorie : Endocrinology
Monash University biomedical scientists have identified a new way to treat castrate resistant cells in prostate cancer sufferers - the most common cancer in Australian men. For more than 60 years the main way to treat men with prostate cancer has involved removing the hormones that fuel growth of th ...

read more Monash University biomedical scientists have identified a new way to treat castrate resistant cells in prostate cancer sufferers - the most common cancer in Australian men. For more than 60 years the main way to treat men with prostate cancer has involved removing the hormones that fuel growth of th read more Fri Mar 2010

Researchers Gain Detailed Insight Into Failing Heart Cells Using New Nano Technique

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Researchers have been able to see how heart failure affects the surface of an individual heart muscle cell in minute detail, using a new nanoscale scanning technique developed at Imperial College London... ...

read more Researchers have been able to see how heart failure affects the surface of an individual heart muscle cell in minute detail, using a new nanoscale scanning technique developed at Imperial College London... read more Fri Mar 2010

Ghrelin Mitigates Liver Fibrosis In Animal Models; Regulates Human Fibrosis

Categorie : Endocrinology
Spanish researchers determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin, a stomach hormone, reduced the amount of fibrogenic cells by 25% in the treated rodents. Research further showed ghrelin prevented acute liver damage and reduced oxidative stre ...

read more Spanish researchers determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin, a stomach hormone, reduced the amount of fibrogenic cells by 25% in the treated rodents. Research further showed ghrelin prevented acute liver damage and reduced oxidative stre read more Fri Mar 2010

NPS Pharmaceuticals Announces Support For Rare Disease Day Observance

Categorie : Endocrinology
NPS Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for rare gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders, announced its support for the second annual U.S. Rare Disease Day observance on February 28. Rare Disease Day aims to call attention to the 7,000 rare disease ...

read more NPS Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for rare gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders, announced its support for the second annual U.S. Rare Disease Day observance on February 28. Rare Disease Day aims to call attention to the 7,000 rare disease read more Fri Mar 2010

Hormone Thought To Slow Aging Associated With Increased Risk Of Cancer Death

Categorie : Endocrinology
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), older men with high levels of the hormone IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor 1) are at increased risk of cancer death, independent of age, lifestyle and cancer history.. ...

read more According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), older men with high levels of the hormone IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor 1) are at increased risk of cancer death, independent of age, lifestyle and cancer history.. read more Fri Mar 2010

Novo Nordisk Receives FDA Approval For Norditropin® FlexPro® For Growth Hormone Treatment

Categorie : Endocrinology
Novo Nordisk announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Norditropin® FlexPro® (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection), a pre-filled injection pen to be used by children and adults with growth hormone disorders. It will be available in the second quarter... ...

read more Novo Nordisk announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Norditropin® FlexPro® (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection), a pre-filled injection pen to be used by children and adults with growth hormone disorders. It will be available in the second quarter... read more Fri Mar 2010

Researchers Discover A Direct Link Between The Hormone FGF21 And Brown Adipose Tissue

Categorie : Endocrinology
The blood glucose-lowering hormone FGF21 is also an activator of brown adipose tissue metabolism, according to the study featured on the cover of Cell Metabolism and directed by the lecturer Francesc Villarroya of the UB's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Faculty of Biology), the I ...

read more The blood glucose-lowering hormone FGF21 is also an activator of brown adipose tissue metabolism, according to the study featured on the cover of Cell Metabolism and directed by the lecturer Francesc Villarroya of the UB's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Faculty of Biology), the I read more Fri Mar 2010

Prolonged Use Of HRT Increases Incidence Of Lung Cancer By About 50 Percent: New Study

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Women aged 50 to 76 who take estrogen plus progestin may have an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a new study published in the pre-print online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology... ...

read more Women aged 50 to 76 who take estrogen plus progestin may have an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a new study published in the pre-print online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology... read more Fri Mar 2010

Study Links Flame-Retardant Chemicals To Reduced Fertility

Categorie : Endocrinology
Common flame-retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, appear to be linked to reduced fertility in women, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the Los Angeles Times reports. The chemicals, which have been used for more th ...

read more Common flame-retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, appear to be linked to reduced fertility in women, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the Los Angeles Times reports. The chemicals, which have been used for more th read more Wed Feb 2010

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