Beta-blockers are a group of drugs that slow down our heart rate. They work by blocking the action of stress hormones—adrenaline, noradrenaline—stopping them from binding to receptors on heart cells.
Dec 1, 2021
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For people who have never thought about it before, it might sound reasonable to require trans kids to wait until they're adults before they can receive certain forms of care known as gender-affirming treatment—which is ...
May 4, 2021
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When Charlie, a 10-year-old boy, came in for his first visit, he didn't look at me or my colleague. Angry and crying, he insisted to us that he was cisgender—that he was a boy and had been born male.
Apr 16, 2021
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A team of researchers from a host of institutions in the U.S. and one in Germany, working with AstraZeneca, has found that natural stress hormones can reactivate dormant cancer cells in mice. They've published their results ...
(HealthDay)—You're a 14-year-old transgender boy who has opted to block normal female puberty before it can begin.
Feb 28, 2019
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Beta blockers have become a prescription drug staple for recovering heart attack patients. However, these blood pressure-reducing medications cannot be tolerated by many patients who are at higher risk for developing cardiovascular ...
Apr 10, 2018
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Elevated levels of chronic stress hormones, such as those produced by psychological distress, may promote resistance to drugs commonly used to treat lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations, according to new research from ...
Nov 8, 2017
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A common cause of bone loss is an overactive parathyroid gland, which doctors usually treat with surgery. New research on how excess parathyroid hormone affects immune cells suggests that doctors could repurpose existing ...
Oct 8, 2015
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A newly found understanding of receptor signaling may have revealed a better way to design drugs. A study from Nationwide Children's Hospital suggests that a newly identified group of proteins, alpha arrestins, may play a ...
Dec 10, 2012
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A novel study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that commonly used drugs to treat heart failure and high blood pressure may have a wider range of application than earlier known, and also can be used against so ...
Nov 27, 2012
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