Stress Hormones May Play New Role In Speeding Up Cancer Growth Science Daily
New research here suggests that hormones produced as during periods of stress may increase the growth rate of a particularly nasty kind of cancer. The study showed that an increase in norepinephrine, a stress hormone, can stimulate tumor cells to produce two compounds. These compounds can break down of the tissue around the tumor cells and allow the cells to more easily move into the bloodstream.
Pituitary Hormone In Menopause Under Study Science Daily
Regulating a hormone abundant in women approaching menopause could offer alternatives for hormone replacement therapy, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Household Items May Pose Danger During Pregnancy Science Daily
What do popcorn bags, frying pans and mattresses have in common? Chemicals contained in these and other common household items may affect maternal thyroid function and may lead to impaired fetal brain development, according to PhD candidate Glenys Webster, of UBC's School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene.
Adults Who Go To Bed Lonely Get Stress Hormone Boost Next Morning Science Daily
A study that takes a rare look at the physiological, social and emotional dynamics of day-to-day experiences in real-life settings shows that when older adults go to bed lonely, sad or overwhelmed, they have elevated levels of cortisol shortly after waking the next morning. This cues the body on a day-to-day basis that it is time to rev up to deal with loneliness and other negative experiences,
Ready to be dads, but they're going to need help KTLA 5
For a baby of their own, David and Chad will have to draw on science, the law, their families -- and most of all, each other.
Breastfeeding Boosts Mental Health, New Research Reveals Science Daily
A new study has found that babies that are breastfed for longer than six months have significantly better mental health in childhood. The findings are based on data from the ground-breaking Raine Study at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research that has tracjed the growth and development of more than 2,500 West Australian children over the past 16 years.
From bedridden to bright-eyed, thanks to power of flaxseed Belfast Telegraph
CAN a seed really help in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes and arthritis? Newtownards teenager Jenna McAleese, the UK and Ireland's first distributor of golden roasted flaxseed is keen to pass on her wisdom on this new superfood
New Process For Making Human Enzyme With Emerging Medical Uses Science Daily
The antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) has attracted popular interest as a possible way of protecting tissues from damage that occurs in several major diseases. Demand for extracellular superoxide dismutase (ECSOD), the form of SOD that exists in blood and other body fluids, may increase in the future if further research confirms its potential value.
Protein Important In Blood Clotting May Also Play A Role In Fertility Science Daily
A protein known to play a role in blood clotting and other cell functions is also critical for proper sperm formation in mice, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Genetic Mutation Explains Form Of Brittle Bone Disease Science Daily
A newly identified gene mutation helps explain a subset of cases of osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, whose origin had until now remained mysterious. Identifying the new mutation is important because children with the disorder, whose bones break easily, are sometimes mistaken as victims of child abuse -- particularly those who do not carry the genetic mutation known to cause most

ScienceDaily: Household Items May Pose Danger During Pregnancy
Thyroid hormone -- The thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), are tyrosine-based hormones produced by the thyroid gland.
Pregnancy and Childbirth - Hormones During Pregnancy : MCG Health
This hormone is only produced during pregnancy - first by the ovaries and later by the placenta. HCG hormone levels found in maternal plasma and urine
Common Tests During Pregnancy - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
hCG - human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (a hormone produced by the placenta) During late pregnancy and during labor, your physician may want to
Physical Changes: Pregnancy: Merck Manual Home Edition
Colostrum is also produced during the first few days after delivery, During pregnancy, changes in hormone levels affect how the body handles sugar.
Hormones During Pregnancy
human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG) - This hormone is only produced during pregnancy - mainly by the placenta. Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone

Common Tests During Pregnancy - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
hCG - human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (a hormone produced by the placenta) During late pregnancy and during labor, your physician may want to
Physical Changes: Pregnancy: Merck Manual Home Edition
Colostrum is also produced during the first few days after delivery, During pregnancy, changes in hormone levels affect how the body handles sugar.
Hormones During Pregnancy
human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG) - This hormone is only produced during pregnancy - mainly by the placenta. Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone
Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy, Hyperthyroidism and Pregnancy
Thyroid Problems During Pregnancy Shows Up with Headaches, Anxiety, the signs and symptoms which are due to the production of too much thyroid hormone.
HON Mother & Child Glossary, Hormonal Changes During Pregnancy
This is the hormone which is responsible for the loss of interest in sex during pregnancy. Prolactin Prolactin is produced by the pituitary gland.
Hypothyroidism During Pregnancy - Womens Health and Medical
What are the consequences of hypothyroidism during pregnancy? Hypothyroidism - Learn about Hypothyroidism (thyroid hormone production is below normal)
Endotext.com - Endocrinology of Pregnancy, Thyroid Disease During
During pregnancy, maternal thyroid function is modulated by three independent Conversely, there must be adequate amounts of thyroid hormone produced to
University of Chicago Hospitals: Common Tests During Pregnancy
Detailed information on the most common tests during pregnancy, hCG - human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (a hormone produced by the placenta)