Hormone Leptin May Treat Infertility
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BOSTON Oct. 5, 2004 - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Japanese researchers have discovered a naturally occurring molecule that suppresses appetite in mammals, raising hopes that it might one day treat obesity in humans.
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Giving the body's natural appetite suppressant to morbidly obese volunteers de-activated their brain's response to tasty food -- and the new brain activity lasted for as long as the hormone was delivered, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Sept. 1, 2004 -- A hormone better known for its fat-fighting potential may also have important applications in improving women&#39;s health, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Many young women diagnosed with  breast cancer overestimate their risk of becoming infertile  while undergoing treatment, a new study shows.
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Scientists have transplanted into infertile mice sperm stem cells grown in a laboratory, thus allowing the mice to reproduce -- an approach that one day might be used to cure infertility in men -- according to a study published in the November issue of
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NEW YORK  - Experiments in mice show that  treating uterine fibroids with gene therapy that inactivates  the fibroid's estrogen receptors causes them to shrink. This  might lead to a way to deal with fibroids without impairing a  woman's fertility, researchers say.
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Scientists believe that some cases of infertility might be treated by injections of a hormone.
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Scientists in Japan have identified a molecule responsible for making mammals feel full, a discovery that could lead to new ways to treat obesity in humans.
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Being either too thin or too heavy may lower a man&#39;s sperm count, in some cases enough to impair fertility, researchers report.
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(HealthDay News) -- Infertility -- defined by the American Academy of Family Physicians as the inability of a couple to become pregnant after one year of trying -- affects about 15 percent of the population.
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Traditionally drug use, alcohol, smoking and obesity have been credited with lowering male sperm counts and increasing the risk of infertility.
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Stressed-out African naked mole-rats may provide clues to infertility in humans, researchers believe.
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OESTROGEN given to stop girls growing &quot;too tall&quot; damaged the fertility of many, shows a study led by Hobart&#39;s Menzies Research Institute.
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BOSTON - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Tall girls who receive estrogen therapy during adolescence to reduce their adult height are more likely to have fertility problems later in life.
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A gene that encodes a protein called lipin seems to promote obesity in mice, even when food intake remains stable, according to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.