New discovery may lead to safer treatments for asthma, allergies and arthritis
Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis.
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Novel mechanism regulating stress identified
Neuroscience researchers from Tufts have demonstrated, for the first time, that the physiological response to stress depends on neurosteroids acting on specific receptors in the brain, and they have been able to block that ...
Neuroscience
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Anti-estrogen combo better than single drug for hormone-sensitive breast cancer
Post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer may have a new treatment option that could lengthen their lives, according to results of a study by the SWOG clinical trials network that were ...
Cancer
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Study shows estrogen works in the brain to keep weight in check
A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity.
Medical research
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Study breathes new life into fight against primary killer of premature infants
A discovery by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies might explain why some premature infants fail to respond to existing treatments for a deadly respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and offers ...
Medical research
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Researchers explain hormonal role in glucose and fat metabolism
Hormone researchers at the University of Houston (UH) have their sights set on providing long-term treatment options for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases by better understanding estradiol, the ...
Medical research
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Estrogen treatment may help reverse severe pulmonary hypertension
UCLA researchers have found that the hormone estrogen may help reverse advanced pulmonary hypertension, a rare and serious condition that affects 2 to 3 million individuals in the U.S., mostly women, and can ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Could a tumor suppressor also fight obesity?
The hormone receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) has been established as a suppressor of colorectal cancer tumors, but new evidence from Thomas Jefferson University suggests it may also help fight one of the country's biggest ...
Medical research
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Study finds new points of attack on breast cancers not fueled by estrogen
Although it sounds like a case of gender confusion on a molecular scale, the male hormone androgen spurs the growth of some breast tumors in women. In a new study, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provide the first ...
Cancer
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Targeted cancer therapy kills prostate tumor cells
A new targeted therapy for prostate cancer halts tumor growth in animals with advanced prostate cancer that is resistant to hormone therapy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's ...
Cancer
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Sex hormone precursor inhibits brain inflammation
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a steroid hormone that inhibits inflammation in the brain. The findings, to be published in the May 13 issue of the ...
Medical research
May 12, 2011 |
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Popular diabetes drugs' cardiovascular side effects explained
Drugs known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs for short, are widely used in diabetes treatment, but they come with a downside. The drugs have effects on the kidneys that lead to fluid retention as the volume of plasma in the ...
Medical research
May 03, 2011 |
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ECE: Gene variants linked to reduced male fertility
(HealthDay)—Particular gene variants of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and its receptor are associated with significantly reduced fertility in men, according to a study presented at the annual European ...
Genetics
May 03, 2013 |
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Studies show increasing evidence that androgen drives breast cancer
Estrogen and progesterone receptors, and the gene HER2 – these are the big three markers and/or targets in breast cancer. Evidence presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 adds a fourth: androgen receptors.
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Certain breast cancer patients may benefit from combined HER2 targeted therapy without chemotherapy
Is the era of targeted therapy for breast cancer at hand? It could be, said experts at the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine – at least for a certain population of women.
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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