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  • The trial, designed mainly to test the hormone's safety, uncovered no serious side effects, Kellerman and his co-authors reported in 2007.

    NIH studying progesterone to treat traumatic brain injuries 2010

  • Both red and white wine contain melatonin, Gerbstadt says, but that hormone's sleep-inducing properties are offset by the alcohol's interference with REM sleep.

    Do you know which of these will help you sleep? 2010

  • All of these things affect a hormone's activity in the body as much as overall levels do.

    The Contestosterone - Amateur Science at its Worst aka TBTAM 2008

  • In the new study, conducted by French researchers, 13 subjects with "high-functioning autism" (a.k.a. Asperger syndrome) became more trusting and socially engaged under the hormone's influence.

    The ‘Bonding Hormone’ That Might Cure Autism 2010

  • And in the age of steroid abuse, growth hormone's muscle-increasing, fat-decreasing properties offer a tempting alternative that can't be detected by normal drug tests for athletes.

    Trisha Gura: The Short End of the Stick 2009

  • Angeliki Theodoridou, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, UK, who led the new study suggests, “This effect adds to the hormone's known role in human relationships.”

    Oxytocin seen as love hormone 2009

  • He partially succeeded when governor Ed Rendell balked but allowed an FDA disclaimer on containers regarding bovine growth hormone's safety.

    Printing: Codex Alimentarius Threatens Human Health 2009

  • Angeliki Theodoridou, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, UK, who led the new study suggests, “This effect adds to the hormone's known role in human relationships.”

    Oxytocin seen as love hormone 2009

  • He partially succeeded when governor Ed Rendell balked but allowed an FDA disclaimer on containers regarding bovine growth hormone's safety.

    Codex Alimentarius Threatens Human Health 2009

  • Once a receptor and a hormone have bonded, the receptor carries out the hormone's instructions by either altering the cell's existing proteins or turning on genes that will build a new protein.

    Endocrine system 2009

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