Appetite Hormone Key to Women's Health
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Leptin, the hormone best known to control appetite, also appears to play a major role in fertility and bone development in women.
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Adding Herceptin to hormonal therapy increases significantly the length of time certain women with advanced breast cancer live without their disease progressing, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - The lining of the uterus or "endometrium" appears to play a small but significant role in reducing fertility among women who are overweight, Spanish researchers report.
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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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A new US study highlights more negative health effects women might suffer if they take hormone supplements to combat the symptoms of aging.
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A little more sleep could go a long way to keeping off that extra weight. Two studies find that people who don&#39;t sleep enough have imbalanced levels of hormones that regulate appetite.
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Women on hormone replacement therapy (HRY) can reduce their risk of developing breast cancer by also taking the male hormone testosterone, according to a new study.
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Taking the hormonal contraceptive causes a loss in sexual desire in one in six women, scientists said. Four weeks after abandoning the Pill, women who had complained of a lack of desire found their appetite for sex returned.
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Women may be more at risk of eating disorders than men because of the way their brain processes information.
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For women who have struggled with the symptoms of menopause but are fearful of taking risky hormone pills, there is at last a bit of hope.
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Women treated with oestrogen at puberty to prevent them from growing &quot;too tall&quot; find it harder to get pregnant, according to a new study.
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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.    "This represents essentially a new era for leptin," said Dr...
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The contraceptive pill is less likely to work in women who are obese or overweight, according to new research. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle found that overweight women
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Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal womenâs chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers say.
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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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Scientists believe that a gut hormone could explain why high protein diets can aid weight loss.
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According to a Stanford University School of Medicine study, people who slept less than eight hours had increased levels ghrelin, a hormone that triggers eating, and lower levels of leptin, a hormone that tells the body it&#39;s full.