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