Oncology & Cancer
Immune cells open window to breast cancer risk
University of Adelaide researchers have made a major discovery that highlights the important role played by immune cells in the risk of developing breast cancer.
Sep 19, 2013
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News tagged with hormone system
Cardiology
Study finds blood pressure drug tends to slow coronary disease
Patients with clogged and hardened arteries who already have their blood pressure under control may benefit from an additional blood pressure-lowering medication, according to research from the Cleveland Clinic Coordinating ...
Sep 3, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to learn successfully even under stress
Whenever we have to acquire new knowledge under stress, the brain deploys unconscious rather than conscious learning processes. Neuroscientists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered that this switch from conscious ...
Jul 30, 2013
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Addiction
Study reveals how smoking increases vulnerability to alcohol abuse
Smoking is a well-known risk factor for subsequent alcohol abuse, but the mechanisms underlying this link are unknown. Now researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Neuron on July 18 show in a study conducted in rats ...
Jul 18, 2013
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Autism spectrum disorders
Common autism supplement affects endocrine system
Plant-based diets are healthy. Plants are high in flavonoids. So flavonoids are healthy. At least that's the reasoning of many manufacturers of flavonoid-based nutritional supplements. But a University of Colorado Cancer ...
Jul 15, 2013
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Immunology
Immune cells essential to establishing pregnancy
New research from the University of Adelaide shows for the first time that immune cells known as macrophages are critical to fertility by creating a healthy hormone environment in the uterus.
Jul 8, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research points to brain's 'dark side' as key to cocaine addiction
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found evidence that an emotion-related brain region called the central amygdala—whose activity promotes feelings of malaise and unhappiness—plays ...
Jun 12, 2013
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Diabetes
Explainer: What is diabetes?
To keep your body functioning, glucose must always be present in your blood. It's as important as oxygen in the air you breathe. The brain can only function for a few minutes without either before it stops working altogether.
May 13, 2013
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Medical research
Researchers discover new explanation for diabetes and poor growth
A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has taken a significant step towards understanding the reasons for both diabetes and growth hormone deficiency. Their new discoveries centre on the body's ability to ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nearly half of veterans found with blast concussions might have hormone deficiencies
Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. New research suggests that nearly half these veterans may have a problem so under-recognized that even military ...
Apr 22, 2013
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