Hormone

...Economics," being held Nov. 20 and 21 at UC Davis, will be the first to bring together experts in neuroscience, economics and hormone physiology in one event, according to organizers. Neuroeconomics has emerged as a new field in recent...

In this article: Testosterone, Meningitis, Estradiol, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University

...to other health problems -- and found to have some advantages as well. Some doctors highly recommend hormones; others warn their patients away from them. Here we go again. After years of dutifully showing up for their annual mammograms,...

In this article: Cancer, American Cancer Society, Biopsy, Breast cancer, Anxiety, Cardiovascular disease, UC San Francisco, Los Angeles Times, and Kathleen Sebelius

...which all the hormones begin to attempt to compensate for the other causing an even greater shift in hormones. Normally, the female sex hormones make a small amount of male hormones called androgens, in women with PCOS this rises which leads...

In this article: PCOS, Insulin, Glucose, Insulin resistance, Estrogen, Diabetes, Carbohydrate, Sugar, and Type II Diabetes

...checks. The study appears in the British Medical Journal. The thyroid gland controls the rate at which the body burns energy and makes hormones, which help regulate heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature. If it is...

In this article: US, British Medical Journal, Cardiovascular disease, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Norway

...of type 2 diabetes. The study by the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health will assess if specific hormones produced by fat tissue are an issue. Dr Nigel Hoggard, who is leading the study, said: "We know...

In this article: Obesity, Aberdeen, E mail, and Scotland

...(HSDD) were presented at the congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine in Lyon, France. Unlike Procter & Gamble's <PG.N> hormone patch Intrinsa, targeted at woman after the menopause, flibanserin directly manipulates the...

In this article: Flibanserin, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Bayer, United States, Testosterone, Procter & Gamble, Europe, Wirtschaftswoche, and Insomnia

SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- With a reputation as the "love hormone," oxytocin has been linked to trust, empathy and generosity. But new research suggests that oxytocin plays a role in jealousy and gloating as well. "Subsequent to...

In this article: Oxytocin, University of Haifa, Biological Psychiatry, and Autism

...Date: 14 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the "love hormone", which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such...

In this article: Oxytocin, Medical advice, Biological Psychiatry, Acromegaly, Autism, and University of Haifa

...lactation and love can also evoke negative behaviors such as jealousy and gloating. Oxytocin is best known as the "love hormone" for its ability to trigger empathy, generosity and trust. But after testing 56 volunteers, Shamay-Tsoory found...

In this article: Oxytocin, Biological Psychiatry, Autism, and University of Haifa

This story is part of a special series that explores the global water crisis. For more clean water news, photos, and information, visit National Geographics Freshwater Web site. How's this for a sweet surprise: A team of researchers in...

In this article: University of Washington, Cocaine, Hormones, Geographics, Thyme, and Sugar