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Dr. Samira Ummat says there are 8 key hormones to check especially during menopause. Sponsored by Longevity Medical.

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Assessing all available nonhormonal and hormonal therapies for vasomotor symptoms helps empower women to make informed ...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based therapy that targets the PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol naturally. Using polypurine ...

Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh, M.D./Ph.D. student with Professor Mark Huising, watches undergraduate student Joel Sanchez working at a dissecting microscope. New work led by Pourhosseinzadeh and Huising ...

Huntington’s disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease in which the huntingtin protein undergoes polyglutamine expansion, leading to both loss and gain of functions. A research collaboration ...

Cortisol is known as the body’s primary stress hormone, but it has many essential functions. It naturally peaks in the morning to help you wake up and feel alert and then gradually decreases ...

The intestines are home to trillions of microorganisms that produce substances capable of regulating all the body's organs via the bloodstream and the gut's nervous system. Yet, only little is known ...

The study population consisted of 16 obese diabetic patients (BMI >30 kg/m 2), 13 men and 3 women, with a mean age of 52 ± 2 (SE) years, recruited from the outpatient clinics of Helsinki University ...

The two groups were of similar age, sex, weight, BMI, apoE phenotype distribution, and dietary intakes, and the study groups were well comparable, with the exception of blood glucose levels. Serum and ...