Too Good to Be True? Fat That Keeps You Thin

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Scientists have stumbled on a chemical in the body that could one day prevent or reverse diseases linked to obesity.

Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health (H.S.P.H.) report in Cell that palmitoleate, a newly discovered hormone produced by fat cells, is also a fatty acid. (Most hormones are proteins

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First lipid hormone discovered

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An omega-7 fatty acid made by fat and liver cells acts as a hormone, even mimicking the health benefits of insulin...

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Researchers Suppress "Hunger Hormone"

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A minimally invasive procedure successfully suppressed levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in pigs and led to appetite reduction results similar to bariatric surgery, say Johns Hopkins researchers.

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C-sections might affect a new mother's ability to bond

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This is interesting. It's a New York Times writeup of a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showing that women who deliver their children vaginally as opposed to by C-section are more responsive to the sound of infants crying a short time after the birth takes place.

There are some flaws in this study. First off, it only involved a small number of women, which increases the likelihood of statistical errors. Second, it does not show how whether this is a case of delayed attachment or stunted attachment. C-section moms might well catch up as time passes

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Hormone may be markets' master

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High testosterone levels in the morning may predict that a male financial trader is more likely to make an unusual profit that day, and levels of the stress hormone cortisol vary depending on market uncertainty, a study of London traders finds.

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Hormone blocks opiate damage

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Previous studies have shown that chronic opiates may inhibit cell growth and trigger apoptosis leading to impaired cognitive capabilities in both humans and other mammals. And these results suggest that the hormone is capable of preventing or even repairing morphine-induced damage to hippocampal cells

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Stomach hormone turns hungry people into junkies

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In this paper ,the researchers point out that stomach hormone turns hungry people into junkies.When volunteers received a dose of a natural hunger-inducing hormone called ghrelin, their brains responded to pictures of food in the same way that addicted people's brains do to cigarettes or drugs, says Alain Dagher, a neurologist at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, who led the study.
And the study also tell us that hormone has its stimulant effects and Memory improvement,mood changes.

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Toxicity is the question: Bisphenol-A on trial in Canada

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Bisphenol-a is a molecule found in many common rigid plastics. It also acts as an estrogen mimic in many different types of animals, including humans, causing or potentially causing lowered sperm count, increased risk of breask cancer, infertility in men and both toxic and neurotoxic effects. The Canadian government is preparing to label bisphenol-a as "toxic," and thereby forbidding it to be used in plastics that are meant to contain food or drink, such as baby bottles, water bottles and the linings of cans

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Testosterone trade

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It's interesting that hormone levels may affect success in the financial markets. The hormones testosterone and cortisol may reflect different stress triggers. The study finds a correlation between high and low testosterone levels and a higher or lower rate of success in stock trades, perhaps because of an increase or decrease in risk-taking. Female traders seem to be immune to this particular set of mood swings.

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Genes and Post-Traumatic Stress

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A gene known as FKBP5, which influences the body's response to the stress-related hormone cortisol influences susceptibility to PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

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Hormone injections can strengthen bones

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Weekly or semiweekly injections of a hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland can also strengthen bones in rodents, researchers have found. The hormone, called thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), is already available as a therapy for thyroid cancer patients, and clinical studies are now under way to determine whether it might also be used to fight the debilitating bone-wasting disease osteoporosis.

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Breast cancer risk lingered after hormone therapy ended

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A new study shows that while some of the other health risks and benefits diminished after the women had stopped taking the estrogen-progestin combination, the overall health risk was 12 percent higher at the end of eight years compared with those who took placebos.

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HRT Poses Breast Cancer Risk and Hinders Mammogram Results

Milk and Honey, er, Hormones

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Bowing to pressure from consumer advocates, Pennsylvania officials have dropped plans to bar farmers from revealing whether or not milk hails from hormone-enhanced cows. The state's agriculture department on Thursday issued new guidelines that allow dairies to label milk so that customers know if it was produced from cows pumped with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) also known as recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST)

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FDA Warns Against Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy

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U.S. health officials warned Wednesday about so called "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy" (BHRT) drugs, an increasing popular alternative therapy among women with menopausal symptoms

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