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A torn meniscus, the cartilage in the knee, is a common sports injury, and unfortunately it doesn’t heal well. But researchers in Japan have now identified a hormone that helps repair the cartilage after a surgical treatment.Continue ReadingCategory: M… Continue reading Hormone-hardened tendons could help repair torn knee cartilage
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new kind of treatment for type 2 diabetes. The once-weekly injection, called Mounjaro (tirzepatide), was found to be more effective at controlling blood sugar levels than other current treatmen… Continue reading FDA approves new kind of diabetes drug with anti-obesity potential
Preliminary data from a large Phase 3 clinical trial is offering promising signs for a new anti-obesity drug. Called tirzepatide, the drug helped overweight and obese participants lose up to 22.5 percent of their total body weight over the 72-week tria… Continue reading Body weight slashed by 20% in new anti-obesity drug trial
Osteoporosis is characterized by the deterioration of bone tissue, resulting in weak bones that are easily broken. There may be new hope for treating the disease, however, utilizing a naturally occurring hormone.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Scien… Continue reading Naturally occurring hormone could offer a better osteoporosis treatment
Oxytocin is a hormone found in most animals. In humans it plays a fundamental role in childbirth, and has been informally referred to as the “love hormone” because it influences social bonding, particularly between a mother and child.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading “Love hormone” oxytocin shown to chill out fierce lions
New research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022 has found women who experience very early menopause are significantly more likely to develop dementia in later life.
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A large observational study has detected a link between increased levels of the hormone estrogen in older women and a reduced risk of dying from COVID-19. The research cannot establish evidence of causality but does call for clinical trials to explore … Continue reading Higher risk of COVID-19 death in older women with low estrogen, study shows
Researchers have pieced together a more complete picture of the role that a particular hormone plays in alcohol addiction. Monkeys with a strong alcohol preference drank far less after they were given a synthetic version of this hormone, potentially op… Continue reading Liver hormone may help reduce alcohol addiction
Scientists at Harvard University have made a breakthrough that implicates a newly discovered hormone in the onset of diabetes, and shown how it can be targeted to reverse the effects of the disease. The results of the experiments in mice suggest the sa… Continue reading Harvard team disables newly discovered hormone to reverse diabetes in mice
The role of gut bacteria in the progression of prostate cancer has been highlighted in a new study showing how the microbiome can influence hormone metabolism, which subsequently amplifies tumor growth and disrupts certain hormone treatments.Continue R… Continue reading Researchers discover how gut bacteria can enhance prostate cancer growth