Highlights Levothyroxine is the most commonly used medication, prescribed to replace the natural thyroid hormone thyroxine, which is very low (T4) in hypothyroidism. Previous findi...
Highlights Pathogens are increasingly becoming resistant to treatment and the choice of antibiotics to treat infections is limited. Stimulating the production of the hormone hepci...
Highlights In Cushing's Syndrome there is an over-production of the stress hormone Cortisol. Higher concentrations of Cortisol can affect DNA by reducing the methylation and bring...
Highlights The enzymatic cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) inhibits feeding. Three highly conserved enzymes—Punch, Purple, and Sepiapterin Reductase (Sptr)are required for the...
Highlights During fasting or starvation, the cells overexpress protein PGC-1 and glucose production in the liver increases. Using the newly identified compound SR-18292, the overe...
Highlights Women choose to avoid hormone replacement therapy (HRT) due to the fear of cancer, stroke and other risks. A retrospective analysis has shown that therapy with suppleme...
Highlights A clinical condition termed as anti-PIT-1 antibody syndrome, that causes autoimmunity to a pituitary-specific transcription factor, PIT-1 had been previously identified. ...
Highlights Exposure to higher levels of cortisol over several months is associated with obesity. The stress hormone cortisol plays an important role in metabolism and determ...
Highlights Chronic stress has long been thought to be implicated in obesity. Cortisol is an hormone released in response to stress, and it plays an important role in metabolism an...
Highlights Estrogen therapy or Hormone replacement therapy is generally prescribed to reduce the severity of menopausal symptoms. As estrogen levels fall during menopause, wom...
Highlights Around 70% of women suffering from low-grade serous carcinoma (LGSC) experience a recurrence of the cancer at some point. New study states that hormonal maintenance the...
Highlights Lower levels of testosterone hormone may cause androgen deficiency. Testosterone replacement therapy is used for androgen deficiency in men. A recent study finds lower...
Highlights The use of testosterone in men who have testosterone deficiency (hypogonadism), remains a controversy. Testosterone plays a key role in the development of male repr...
Highlights Klotho is a hormone that protects the vascular system against changes associated with abnormal aging. Klotho levels have the potential to be used as a risk marker ...
Highlights: Thyroidectomy procedure involves the removal of thyroid gland. New surgical approach found to help remove thyroid gland without a neck scar. The procedure involves ma...
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