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    New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary  Nov 7, 2009
    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, and are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy ... However, the researchers found that parathyroid hormone, a substance the body produces to regulate calcium in the blood, can elevate prostate-specific antigen (PSA)... (EurekAlert!)

    Finger Length Hormone Key To Social Behavior  Nov 7, 2009
    Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior ... Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior ... 7, 2009) Research at the universities of Liverpool and Oxford into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone levels in the womb. (Science Daily)

    Cause Of Common Chronic Diarrhea Revealed In New Research  Nov 7, 2009
    6, 2009) A common type of chronic diarrhea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research published in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... Today's study suggests that bile acid diarrhea is caused by the body producing too much bile acid, because of a deficiency in a hormone called FGF19, which normally switches off bile acid production ... The authors of the study say that new hormone-based treatments could be developed in the future to treat the... (Science Daily)

    Sex: The ultimate mood enhancer  Nov 7, 2009
    In fact, semen contains powerful and potentially addictive mood-altering chemicals, including testosterone, estrogen, prolactin, luteinizing hormone, and prostaglandins. So although sex won't cure depression, it may boost mood if some of these chemicals are absorbed through the walls of the vagina. (India Times, India)

    Peter Chianca: Breaking the (dress) code of silence  Nov 7, 2009
    Granted, as of this writing my daughter is only 4, but I d have to be an idiot not to see her teenage years bearing down on us like a raging hormone train. After all, nine years is like nothing for instance, it feels like just yesterday that came out. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)

    Ad Shop Wins Fifth Consecutive Creative, Innovation Award in 2009  Nov 6, 2009
    Like the Spanish word for adrenaline, a hormone generated in the human body when we experience emotions, Adrenalina, New York, creates ideas that provoke engagement, experience and emotion between brands and consumers. The agency specializes in media agnostic ideas, breakthrough advertising, digital innovation and grassroots, retail promotional and channel marketing. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Letter: Some thoughts as we approach Thanksgiving  Nov 6, 2009
    These different chemicals have been proven to cause a wide range of health issues, from hormone and neurological disruptions to cancers. By eating conventional food we are slowly adding these harmful substances to our bodies. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)

    Newly revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer published in Thyroid journal  Nov 6, 2009
    The revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer provide recommendations for optimal surgical management, the use of radioiodine remnant ablation, thyroid hormone suppression therapy, as well as long-term surveillance based on ultrasound, other imaging modalities, and laboratory testing. Accompanying the Management Guidelines published in Thyroid are four editorials that include commentary on the preparation of the revised guidelines, highlights of the 2009 revisions, the transition from... (EurekAlert!)

    Postmenopausal Women With Higher Testosterone May Have Greater Heart Disease Risk  Nov 6, 2009
    This new information is an important step, say researchers, in understanding the role that hormones play in women's health ... The new study adds to the scientific evidence linking deficiency of this sex hormone with. (Science Daily)

    Key Player Identified In Cascade That Leads To Hypertension-related Kidney Damage  Nov 6, 2009
    The process likely begins in some people when stress, diet or other factors raise levels of the hormone angiotensin II, another powerful blood vessel constrictor, which, in turn, increases endothelin levels ... 26, 2009) Researchers have linked higher levels of the hormone aldosterone to high blood pressure and blood vessel disease in African-Americans. (Science Daily)

    Future uncertain for Matsui, Pettitte  Nov 6, 2009
    And though another two or three seasons could pad Pettitte's statistics to the point that voters may consider him for the Hall of Fame, his admission to the use of human growth hormone in 2002 may have forever locked his entrance to Cooperstown. Pettitte also has never been about individual achievements. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)

    Integrity is key to Chipotle brand  Nov 6, 2009
    Sour cream and cheeses made from milk free of bovine growth hormone ... While there could be some wiggle room as to what "naturally and humanely raised" might mean, as there are no government definitions, Chipotle lays out its standards: all-vegetarian diet, no added hormones or antibiotics, responsible animal husbandry. (Albany Times Union)

    Cycling union bans Spain's Fernandez for EPO  Nov 6, 2009
    The UCI said Thursday that the banned endurance-boosting hormone was found in a urine sample taken at Fernandez's home on Oct. 15. The 25-year-old Fuji-Servetto rider was targeted for unannounced testing because of suspect results revealed in samples given for his personal biological passport. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)

    Were Clemens' 'implausible' comments perjury?  Nov 5, 2009
    The apparent falsehoods, the investigators wrote, ranged from Clemens' claim that he had never used or even discussed using human growth hormone, to his assertions that team trainers often injected him with vitamin B-12 during his 24-year career ... Relying on McNamee, Mitchell said Clemens had used growth hormone and steroids when he played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Yankees ... Pettitte also said Clemens had confided in him about his use of growth hormone. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Congress Asks for Probe of Clemens  Nov 5, 2009
    It was called after Clemens's former trainer, Brian McNamee, said he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone in a report on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball by former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell that was released in December ... McNamee, a witness in a federal steroid investigation, told the committee he injected Clemens at least 38 times between 1998 and 2001 with human growth hormone and three different steroids: Winstrol, testosterone and nandrolone,... (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Clemens: Friend Andy Pettitte 'misheard' steroid talk  Nov 5, 2009
    McNamee -- who served as Clemens' trainer until 2007 -- countered that he injected Clemens with only testosterone, the steroid Winstrol or human growth hormone ... Pettitte previously acknowledged using human growth hormone in 2002 ... McNamee's attorneys last week, however, showed reporters photos of needles and gauze that McNamee said were used to inject with steroids and human growth hormone. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    FBI to Review Whether Roger Clemens Lied to Congress  Nov 5, 2009
    Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- 's denial that he used steroids and human growth hormone will be reviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the first step in possible perjury charges against the former All-Star pitcher ... McNamee testified that he injected Clemens 20 times with steroids and human growth hormone. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Estrogen And Stroke Risk: Long Period Of Estrogen Deprivation Can Lead To Loss Of Sensitivity And Protective Effects In The Brain  Nov 5, 2009
    By 2004 however, the government had ended two arms of the study involving estrogen after researchers found it posed a small but detrimental risk for stroke to postmenopausal women taking the hormone ... Despite the possible link between estrogen and stroke many women continue to take the hormone to manage their menopausal symptoms ... Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG), along with collaborators at the North China Coal Medical University in Tangshan, China, and the University of... (Science Daily)

    Thorpe moves to scuttle doping claims  Nov 5, 2009
    "ASADA can confirm on Wednesday, August 16 2007 it received the full and final submissions from Ian Thorpe into the matter of his unusual testosterone, epitestosterone and luteinizing hormone levels," the agency said in a statement ... "The spokesman could not say how long the agency's examination would take.Thorpe, 24, retired from competitive swimming last November but was dismayed to learn his test results had been leaked to the French newspaper L'Equipe, which reported the swimmer's test... (Yahoo News -- Swimming)

    In pursuit of health care  Nov 5, 2009
    Nevertheless, in order for transsexual and transgendered people to receive transitional treatments as hormone replacement therapy and sexual reassignment surgery, they must first be diagnosed with GID. While many individuals seeking such treatment consider the diagnosis of GID as a necessary step in the process, the implications speak to the greater issue of transgender's cultural stigmatization. "In order to get access to hormones or surgery, you have to get yourself declared mentally ill,"... (The Daily Campus, CT)

    Eating Quickly Is Associated With Overeating, Study Indicates  Nov 5, 2009
    4, 2009) According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gut that induce feelings of being full. The decreased release of these hormones, can often lead to overeating ... "Our study provides a possible explanation for the relationship between speed eating and overeating by showing that the rate at which someone eats may impact... (Science Daily)

    Get healthy in 60 seconds  Nov 5, 2009
    A TURKEY SUB: Turkey is a excellent source of tryptophan, an amino acid that aids in the production of serotonin the hormone that keeps you calm. The next time youre stressed at work and really need to keep your cool, order a turkey sub. (India Times, India)

    Dieters Try Pregnancy Hormone  Nov 5, 2009
    It's called the HCG diet, for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that Dr. Robert True said helps ensure that a developing baby gets enough calories in the womb ... "It can also be very dangerous. What worries me is this is a hormone, and we know that when we mess with hormones you can really mess with people's health," said infertility expert Dr. Alice Domar. (KSBW 8, CA)

    Eat Often To Lose Weight?  Nov 5, 2009
    Cruise said the latest science shows that this plan "will reduce the stress hormone, cortisol, which is responsible for stubborn belly fat.". The diets philosophy also includes eating something sweet -- about 50 calories worth -- every day. (KSBW 8, CA)

    Use Of Cannabinoids Could Help Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Patients  Nov 5, 2009
    Dr. Akirav and Ganon-Elazar also examined hormonal changes in the course of the experiment and found that synthetic marijuana prevents increased release of the stress hormone that the body produces in response to stress. According to Dr. Akirav, the results of this study show that cannabinoids can play an important role in stress-related disorders. (Science Daily)

    Ways to deal with premature menopause  Nov 5, 2009
    This is a very abrupt form of menopause, and hormone replacement therapy is usually recommended because the body has not had a chance to get used to the hormonal changes ... Your doctor can find out if your ovaries are working by doing a blood test to check the hormone level, FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone). (India Times, India)

    Early-stage, HER2-positive Breast Cancer Patients At Increased Risk Of Recurrence  Nov 5, 2009
    " For the retrospective study, Gonzalez-Angulo, and her team used M. D. Anderson's Breast Cancer Research Database to analyze 965 patients treated between 1990 and 2002. All of the patients' tumors were smaller than one centimeter; patients whose receptor status could not be analyzed and/or had received adjuvant chemotherapy or Herceptin at any time were excluded. The median age of the women at diagnosis was 57 years. To validate the findings, a second cohort of 350 patients from European... (Science Daily)

    Pettitte helps Jeter, Rivera and Posada to title  Nov 5, 2009
    He returned in 2007 and admitted to using human growth hormone when the Mitchell Report was released in December. Im a benefit of a lot of great teams Ive been on. (MSNBC -- Sports)

    High Fiber Intake May Interfere with Ovulation  Nov 5, 2009
    Researchers found that among 250 women ages 18 to 44, those who reported eating the recommended amounts of fiber had the lowest blood levels of estrogen and other reproductive hormones ... Anovulation can have various causes, including excessive exercise, having either too little or too much body fat, thyroid gland dysfunction and polycystic ovarian syndrome -- a hormone disorder that is a common cause of infertility ... The researchers gauged anovulation by measuring the women's... (Newsmax)

    No. 5 for Jeter, Pettitte, Posada, Rivera  Nov 5, 2009
    He returned in 2007 and admitted to using human growth hormone when the Mitchell Report was released in December. "I'm a benefit of a lot of great teams I've been on. I've had a lot of wonderful players surrounding me," said Pettitte, who earned his playoff record 18th win. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)

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    Dieters Try Pregnancy Hormone - Health News Story - KCRA Sacramento ... Dieters Try Pregnancy Hormone ... It's called the HCG diet, for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that Dr. Robert True said helps ensure that a developing baby gets enough calories in the womb. (KCRA 3, CA)

    Counterfeit Drug Strategy Proposed  Nov 5, 2009
    pharmacist discovered that bottles of Neupogen, a growth hormone prescribed for AIDS and cancer patients, were filled only with saltwater. The FDA report on measures to combat drug counterfeiting was compiled in consultation with drug manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and pharmacy groups. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry)

    Tomatoes Help Dieters Eat Less  Nov 5, 2009
    Scientists believe that tomatoes are rich in compounds which modify appetite hormones and leave us feeling satisfied ... Lycopene, the pigment that gives tomatoes their bright red color, may be the appetite suppressing ingredient and could alter levels of ghrelin, a hormone that makes us feel full. (Newsmax)

    4 Characteristics of Muscular Men  Nov 5, 2009
    Sleep time is the body s prime time to repair the muscle tissue that s been destroyed during your weight-lifting session and it is also when growth hormone levels tend to peak. Since growth hormones play a big role in the muscle-building process, maximizing the time when they are at their peak is definitely to your advantage. (Fox News)

    Testosterone and Spermatogenesis  Nov 5, 2009
    NEJM -- Normal Spermatogenesis in a Man with Mutant Luteinizing Hormone ... Normal Spermatogenesis in a Man with Mutant Luteinizing Hormone ... Men with mutations in LHB, the gene encoding the beta subunit of luteinizing hormone (LHB), have azoospermia with absent or few fetal Leydig cells. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    New damages trial for Wyeth in Ark. hormones case  Nov 5, 2009
    hormones case - Yahoo ... Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)

    Los Angeles church pastor sued for alleged abuse  Nov 5, 2009
    Woman convicted of selling human growth hormone. A Los Angeles-area woman has been convicted for smuggling human growth hormone into the United States, then selling it over the Internet to doctors and spas across the country ... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which led the probe, said Friday that 61-year-old Rana J. Hunter, of Marina del Rey, had been convicted in U.S. District Court on eight criminal counts, including smuggling goods into the United States, knowingly distributing... (Fresno Bee -- State)

    Graham Indicted For Role In Probe  Nov 5, 2009
    who testified that he provided steroids, human growth hormone and the performance-enhancing drug EPO under Graham's direction from about 1996 through 2000, according to the New York Times. A public records search showed that Graham's assistant coach, Randall Evans, shared an address in Laredo with Heredia in 1999. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)

    LGBTA group, greeks talk  Nov 4, 2009
    Questions ranged from what it was like to go through hormone treatment to what it is like to give talks to fraternities. Previous article: Next article: More stories from The Daily Collegian Online. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Breast cancer changes with spread  Nov 4, 2009
    This change would mean hormone therapies such as tamoxifen, which would not have worked for the original tumour, could help treat the disease if it has spread. Other tumours changed from ER positive to ER negative, which suggests those patients may be given treatments which will not benefit them - experiencing side-effects unnecessarily. (BBC News -- Health)

    Thorpe submits drug test defence  Nov 4, 2009
    The Australian returned a drug test in May 2006 with abnormal levels of testosterone and leutenising hormone ... "ASADA can confirm on Wednesday 16 August it received the full and final submissions from Ian Thorpe into the matter of his unusual testosterone, epitestosterone and luteinizing hormone levels," the statement read ... Both testosterone and leutenising hormone are on the banned list but are naturally produced by the body. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)

    Hormone Therapy Can Help Some with Prostate Cancer  Nov 4, 2009
    MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A brief course of hormone-blocking therapy can provide small benefits to a specific group of men who get radiation therapy for prostate cancer, a long-running study shows. Ten-year survival was 62 percent in men with cancers graded as intermediate risk who got treatment that blocked their male hormone activity in addition to radiation therapy, compared to 57 percent of those who got radiation therapy alone, said Dr. Christopher U. Jones, a radiation oncologist... (MEDLINEplus)

    Understanding Diabetes in America  Nov 4, 2009
    Insulin is a hormone responsible for delivering glucose (the result of sugar and starch metabolism by the body) from the bloodstream to cells, which translate this glucose as usable energy. When a person ingests sugars, carbohydrates, and starches, the beta cells of the pancreas (one of three cluster groups of hormone-producing cells in the pancreas) release a sufficient amount of the glucose -regulating hormone insulin ... The cells of the body are starved of energy due to a lack of the... (Suite101.com)

    Acne Triggers  Nov 4, 2009
    Acne Triggering Factors: Age & Hormones ... During puberty, androgen hormone production increases which induces an increase in the production of sebum and the development of greasy skin ... Food as a cause of acne is still a controversial topic among dermatologists, despite patient s anecdotal reports and a few studies which blame westernized dietary habits, milk and milk products, and food items containing high levels of iodine and, possibly hormones. (Suite101.com)

    New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating  Nov 4, 2009
    Chevy Chase, MD According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology olism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gut that induce feelings of being full. The decreased release of these hormones, can often lead to overeating ... "Our study provides a possible explanation for the relationship between speed eating and overeating by showing that the rate at which someone eats may impact... (EurekAlert!)

    What women's symptoms really mean  Nov 4, 2009
    Women are twice as likely to develop the problem thanks to excess estrogen; the hormone increases the concentration of cholesterol in the gallbladder and decreases the organ's ability to do its job. Some women try to treat the pain with acid-blocking drugs, which won't work because heartburn isn't the problem. (CNN)

    Takeda, Amylin in deal  Nov 3, 2009
    Takeda, based in Osaka, will pay $75 million up front for medicines, including Amylin s experimental therapy, that combines the diabetes drug Symlin with a form of leptin, a hormone implicated in weight loss, Takeda and San Diego-based Amylin said. The purchase may help Takeda buffer losses after Actos, its top seller with $4 billion generated for the year ended March 31, loses patent protection in January 2011. (Boston Globe)

    New Damages Trial for Wyeth in Ark. Hormones Case  Nov 3, 2009
    Hormones Case - ABC News ... Appeals court orders new punitive damages trial for Wyeth in Arkansas hormone-therapy case ... Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Undetectable PSA After Radiation Is Possible And Predicts Good Patient Outcomes  Nov 3, 2009
    1, 2005) The clinical outcome for prostate cancer patients who have been treated with hormone therapy and radiation therapy can usually be determined by how rapidly their prostate specific antigen level rises. (Nov. (Science Daily)

    Diets High In Sodium And Artificially Sweetened Soda Linked To Kidney Function Decline  Nov 3, 2009
    28, 2005) Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that eating or drinking sweets may decrease the production of the stress-related hormone glucocorticoid -- which has been linked to. (Feb. (Science Daily)

    Genetic Variation Of Enzyme Linked With Outcomes For Women Receiving Tamoxifen  Nov 3, 2009
    24, 2009) Goserelin, a lutenizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, reduces the long-term risk of disease recurrence and deaths in premenopausal women with early breast cancer who did not take tamoxifen. (Dec. (Science Daily)

    Wyeth to Face New Trial on Punitive Damages in Hormone Replacement Case  Nov 3, 2009
    Donna Scroggin's hormone replacement product liability suit against Wyeth and Upjohn has been quite a roller coaster ride ... And on balance, the appeals court's is a lot better for Scroggin -- and other plaintiffs in the hormone replacement multidistrict litigation -- than it is for Wyeth and Upjohn (which are both now part of Pfizer). (Law.com)

    Navratilova compares Agassi with Roger Clemens  Nov 3, 2009
    "Not as much shock that he did it as shock he lied about it and didn't own up to it. He's up there with Roger Clemens, as far as I'm concerned. He owned up to it (in the book), but it doesn't help now.'' Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, repeatedly has denied using performance-enchancing drugs. His former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, claimed in the Mitchell Report that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001. According to... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Tennis)

    Can testosterone therapy aid older men?  Nov 3, 2009
    Study tests hormone gel on men over 65 Tuesday, November 03, 2009 By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ... But for some men, the male sex hormone may sink so low that they not only lose all interest in sex, but suffer more falls, have memory problems and experience anemia ... It may also offer some early signals on whether testosterone gel could put men at increased risk of prostate cancer, since the hormone has been linked in the past to that malignancy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen  Nov 3, 2009
    Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal custom-mixed bioidentical hormones, just like ones the body makes ... Millions of women have tried custom-compounded hormones or herbal supplements like black cohosh and red clover since 2002, when a big federal study found risks from traditional hormone replacement therapy, or... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    Proton Therapy Is Well-tolerated In Prostate Cancer Patients  Nov 3, 2009
    High-risk patients also received the chemotherapy drug, docetaxol, followed by hormone therapy. Researchers followed the patients for at least a year after treatment and examined the genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity scores using both International Prostate Symptom Scores (IPSS) and Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE, v. 3) for each patient. (Science Daily)

    Genetics may hold key to prevention, treatment  Nov 3, 2009
    Consequently, low-risk patients are typically given hormone treatment a pill a day for five years and high-risk patients are given both chemotherapy and hormone treatment ... Antibodies, in theory, tell the patient s immune system to recognize a cancer s there and get rid of it versus our old-fashioned chemotherapy poisons and hormone therapies, which typically block or starve the cancer of hormones and thereby lead to cell death, Sajer said. (Bolton Common, MA)

    Flu Vaccine Given To Women During Pregnancy Keeps Infants Out Of The Hospital, Study Suggests  Nov 3, 2009
    9, 2007) Children of women with hypothyroidism an under-active thyroid who had elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, had a significantly. . (Science Daily)

    Takeda, Amylin to Develop Obesity Drugs in Possible $1 Billion Agreement  Nov 2, 2009
    Byetta, injected twice daily, is a synthetic hormone that spurs pancreas cells to make insulin when blood sugar is high. Amylin and Lilly are trying to gain U.S. approval for a once-weekly version of the product. (Bloomberg -- Japan)

    What Causes Blood Cells To Deform, And How Does Deformation Affect Blood Flow?  Nov 2, 2009
    26, 2009) Researchers have linked higher levels of the hormone aldosterone to high blood pressure and blood vessel disease in African-Americans. Aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal glands and causes salt. (Science Daily)

    More kids have diabetes, fewer schools have nurses  Nov 2, 2009
    According to the ADA, 186,300 people under 20 have type 1 or type 2 diabetes when the body either does not properly make or process the hormone insulin. About one in every 440 children and adolescents have diabetes. (USA Today)

    Treating Mild Iodine Deficiency Boosts Brain Power  Nov 2, 2009
    Iodine is necessary for the body to produce thyroid hormones, which regulate metabolism. The traditional view was that since these hormone levels are still within normal range when a person is mildly iodine deficient, the lack of iodine may have no health effects. (Newsmax)

    Therapy dogs help small patients endure procedures (3)  Nov 2, 2009
    Four-year-old Samantha is undergoing growth hormone testing, and Bonnie the border collie is there to calm her nerves. Hormone testing can take up to five hours, so Samantha s parents are thankful Bonnie is there. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Liposuctioned Fat May Augment Breasts  Nov 2, 2009
    With reconstructions following breast cancer surgery, Zapiach explained, all of the breast tissue is removed before the fat is injected, so there is no danger that fat - which excretes estrogen, a hormone that stimulates breast cell growth - will bring the cancer back. With cosmetic augmentations, the tissue still remains, so "there is a theoretical risk that use of fat for augmentations could increase the risk of breast cancer," Zapiach said. (Newsmax)

    Thorpe submits drug test defence  Nov 1, 2009
    The Australian returned a drug test in May 2006 with abnormal levels of testosterone and leutenising hormone ... "ASADA can confirm on Wednesday 16 August it received the full and final submissions from Ian Thorpe into the matter of his unusual testosterone, epitestosterone and luteinizing hormone levels," the statement read ... Both testosterone and leutenising hormone are on the banned list but are naturally produced by the body. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)

    Peter Chianca: Breaking the (dress) code of silence  Nov 1, 2009
    Granted, as of this writing my daughter is only 4, but I d have to be an idiot not to see her teenage years bearing down on us like a raging hormone train. After all, nine years is like nothing for instance, it feels like just yesterday that came out. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)

    Peter Chianca: Breaking the (dress) code of silence  Nov 1, 2009
    Granted, as of this writing my daughter is only 4, but I d have to be an idiot not to see her teenage years bearing down on us like a raging hormone train. After all, nine years is like nothing for instance, it feels like just yesterday that came out. (Danvers Herald, MA)

    Counterfeit Drug Strategy Proposed  Nov 1, 2009
    pharmacist discovered that bottles of Neupogen, a growth hormone prescribed for AIDS and cancer patients, were filled only with saltwater. The FDA report on measures to combat drug counterfeiting was compiled in consultation with drug manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and pharmacy groups. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry)

    FBI to Review Whether Roger Clemens Lied to Congress  Nov 1, 2009
    Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- 's denial that he used steroids and human growth hormone will be reviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the first step in possible perjury charges against the former All-Star pitcher ... McNamee testified that he injected Clemens 20 times with steroids and human growth hormone. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Congress Asks for Probe of Clemens  Nov 1, 2009
    It was called after Clemens's former trainer, Brian McNamee, said he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone in a report on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball by former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell that was released in December ... McNamee, a witness in a federal steroid investigation, told the committee he injected Clemens at least 38 times between 1998 and 2001 with human growth hormone and three different steroids: Winstrol, testosterone and nandrolone,... (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Clemens: Friend Andy Pettitte 'misheard' steroid talk  Nov 1, 2009
    McNamee -- who served as Clemens' trainer until 2007 -- countered that he injected Clemens with only testosterone, the steroid Winstrol or human growth hormone ... Pettitte previously acknowledged using human growth hormone in 2002 ... McNamee's attorneys last week, however, showed reporters photos of needles and gauze that McNamee said were used to inject with steroids and human growth hormone. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Were Clemens' 'implausible' comments perjury?  Nov 1, 2009
    The apparent falsehoods, the investigators wrote, ranged from Clemens' claim that he had never used or even discussed using human growth hormone, to his assertions that team trainers often injected him with vitamin B-12 during his 24-year career ... Relying on McNamee, Mitchell said Clemens had used growth hormone and steroids when he played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Yankees ... Pettitte also said Clemens had confided in him about his use of growth hormone. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    Thorpe moves to scuttle doping claims  Nov 1, 2009
    "ASADA can confirm on Wednesday, August 16 2007 it received the full and final submissions from Ian Thorpe into the matter of his unusual testosterone, epitestosterone and luteinizing hormone levels," the agency said in a statement. "This material will now be examined by ASADA and a determination made as to the way forward."For operating reasons ASADA cannot go into any more detail. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)

    Peter Chianca: Breaking the (dress) code of silence  Nov 1, 2009
    Granted, as of this writing my daughter is only 4, but I d have to be an idiot not to see her teenage years bearing down on us like a raging hormone train. After all, nine years is like nothing for instance, it feels like just yesterday that came out. (Amesbury News, MA)

    Peter Chianca: Breaking the (dress) code of silence  Nov 1, 2009
    Granted, as of this writing my daughter is only 4, but I d have to be an idiot not to see her teenage years bearing down on us like a raging hormone train. After all, nine years is like nothing for instance, it feels like just yesterday that came out. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)

    The Health Benefits of Eating Brocc...  Nov 1, 2009
    Indole-3-carbinol is believed to lower the risk of hormone dependent cancers like breast cancer by converting estrogens in the body to a weaker form that s less likely to cause growth of a cancer. Indole-3-carbinol has also been shown to suppress the growth of prostate cancer cells in animals. (Suite101.com)

    Preventing Muscles Loss Due to Agin...  Nov 1, 2009
    A lack of activity, less blood flow, and fewer nutrients and hormones to arms and legs cause muscle tissue to waste away ... When they eat they don t build enough muscle with the protein in food; also, the insulin (a hormone released during a meal) fails to shut down the muscle breakdown that rises between meals and overnight ... Researchers believe these problems may stem from the fact that nutrients and hormones are not reaching the muscles due to a reduced blood flow. (Suite101.com)

    Peter Chianca: Breaking the (dress) code of silence  Nov 1, 2009
    Granted, as of this writing my daughter is only 4, but I d have to be an idiot not to see her teenage years bearing down on us like a raging hormone train. After all, nine years is like nothing for instance, it feels like just yesterday that came out. (Stoneham Sun, MA)

    Placental Precursor Stem Cells Require Testosterone-free Environment To Survive  Nov 1, 2009
    Further, the survivability of TSCs has been thought to require the presence of ovarian hormones ... A new study, published in the current issue of the journal Cell Transplantation, has demonstrated that it is the absence of male hormones, rather than the presence of female hormones, that allows extended transplanted cell survivability ... "However, castration of the male mice abolished the sex hormone difference and the livers of the castrated male mice provided a perfect environment for the... (Science Daily)

    Graham Indicted For Role In Probe  Nov 1, 2009
    who testified that he provided steroids, human growth hormone and the performance-enhancing drug EPO under Graham's direction from about 1996 through 2000, according to the New York Times. A public records search showed that Graham's assistant coach, Randall Evans, shared an address in Laredo with Heredia in 1999. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)

    Soft-Shell Crabs Created On Demand?  Oct 31, 2009
    He says his team has isolated the hormone receptor that inhibits molting and will soon test compounds designed to block the receptor and induce molting. SOUNDBITE: Doug Watson, Biologist, University of Alabama at Birmingham IN VITRO, IN THE PETRI DISH, THE RECEPTOR BLOCKER BLOCKS THE EFFECT OF THE MOLT INHIBITING HORMONE, SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS TEST IT IN CRABS AND SEE IF IT WILL INDUCE MOLTING IN CRABS.. (National Geographic)

    'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen  Oct 31, 2009
    Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal custom-mixed bioidentical hormones, just like ones the body makes ... Millions of women have tried custom-compounded hormones or herbal supplements like black cohosh and red clover since 2002, when a big federal study found risks from traditional hormone replacement therapy, or... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    Woman convicted of selling human growth hormone  Oct 31, 2009
    Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal - custom-mixed "bioidentical" hormones, just like ones the body makes ... LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles-area woman has been convicted for smuggling human growth hormone into the United States, then selling it over the Internet to doctors and spas across the country. (Fresno Bee -- State)

    Key To How 'Triggering Event' In Cancer Occurs: Researchers Link Hormone To Creation Of Gene Fusion In Prostate Cancer  Oct 31, 2009
    The study found that pieces of chromosome relocate near each other after exposure to the hormone androgen ... The researchers took prostate cancer cells that did not reflect the gene fusion but that were sensitive to androgen, a male hormone known to play a role in some prostate cancers ... (July 28, 2009) Researchers have discovered how hormone-dependent prostate cancer advances to the incurable hormone-independent disease state. (Science Daily)

    Combating infertility problems  Oct 31, 2009
    Similarly, alcohol lowers the production of sperm and of the male hormone testosterone. Deficiencies of certain nutrients, such as vitamin C, selenium, zinc and folate may also be risk factors. (India Times, India)

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