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NEWS ABOUT: hormones

hormones stories: 29 news summaries

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MLB Wants
HGH Blood Test for Next Season

Players union must sign off on new exam for banned substance

Sep 14, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of scandals involving Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel and Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, among others, Major League Baseball is weighing a blood test for human growth hormone that would be implemented by next season. A test developed by the World Anti-Doping Agency is expected to be available for... More »

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MLB • Bud Selig • hormones • human growth hormone • drug test • baseball

Testosterone in Womb Linked to Autistic Traits

Supports theory that problem is 'extreme male brain' disorder

Sep 12, 07 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - An eight-year study has found a link between high levels of fetal testosterone and autistic traits in children, reports the BBC. Scientists don't know whether the testosterone causes the autistic tendencies or if the hormone is a by-product of autism, but the findings appear to support the head researcher's theory... More »

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autism • children • testosterone • hormones • research • male brain

HGH Use
Mars Ankiel Comeback

Cards outfielder admits taking hormones during recovery from surgery

Sep 8, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - St. Louis Cardinals’ star slugger Rick Ankiel acknowledged using Human Growth Hormone last night, facing reporters in the dugout after news emerged yesterday that he had received HGH from a pharmacy involved in a prescription-drug scandal. Ankiel took delivery of HGH for a year following a routine elbow surgery in... More »

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St. Louis Cardinals • MLB • hormones • Rick Ankiel • human growth hormone • baseball

Roses Are Red, Viagra Is Blue ...

Impotence drugs may also raise levels of 'love hormone'; human studies up next

Aug 24, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Viagra and other ED drugs may elevate levels of a hormone linked with feelings of love, a new study shows. Oxytocin, long associated with breastfeeding and maternal affection, also plays a part in arousal and orgasm; Viagra and related meds work on the part of the brain that controls levels... More »

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erectile dysfunction • sex • hormones • Viagra • oxytocin

Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

Bones produce a hormone that controls blood sugar

Aug 13, 07 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A substance produced by the skeleton may help to treat diabetes, a new study suggests. A hormone called osteocalcin regulates blood sugar; type 2 diabetics have a lower level of the hormone than other people. In the study, mice with lower levels of osteocalcin develop symptoms of diabetes, which go... More »

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health • diabetes • hormones • treatment • osteocalcin • skeleton • bones • blood sugar

Oh, Brother! Female Twins Less Likely to Have Kids

Blame exposure
to testosterone

Jun 19, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female twins with twin brothers are less likely to marry and have kids than those with twin sisters, a new study shows, and those who do reproduce have fewer children. Elevated exposure to testosterone in utero appears to be the culprit, say British scientists who reached back over two centuries... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • twins • children • estrogen • testosterone • hormones • family • health study

Australia Cuts Stallone Down to Size

Action star draws fine for importing drugs without a prescription

May 21, 07 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Muscle-bound "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone was hit with nearly $10,000 in fines and court costs today after being convicted of bringing body-building hormones into Australia without proper documentation. Customs officials busted him with human growth hormone and testosterone in February while he was promoting "Rocky Balboa" en... More »

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film • steroids • Australia • Sylvester Stallone • hormones • trial • Rocky • Rambo • human growth hormone • actor • movies

Breast Cancer Decline Tied to Hormone Drop

Study links 'colossal'  reduction in cancer to women skipping estrogen

Apr 19, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers are linking a dramatic drop in the number of breast cancer cases to the decline in estrogen consumption by menopausal women. Women dropped hormone replacement therapy en mass after a 2002 study tied it to breast cancer risk. Other scientists argued that the decline—about 16,000 fewer new... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • breast cancer • women's health • women • hormone replacement therapy • ovarian cancer • estrogen • hormones • medical study

HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

Hyped as the next big doping scandal, there's not much evidence it even works

Mar 27, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crusaders against performance enhancing drugs should lighten up about Human Growth Hormone: In the sports version of the war on drugs, anabolic steroids are heroin and HGH is marijuana, writes Daniel Engber. Studies haven't shown any definitive increase in athletic abilities resulting from taking HGH, and they have minimal harmful... More »

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medicine • sports • War on Drugs • steroids • drugs • hormones • athlete • human growth hormone

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