Today is Friday, September 03, 2010

• Bonding hormone seen in new dads, too
  Oxytocin is a powerful hormone that rises in women during childbirth and breast-feeding. Based on research in animals, scientists believe it is also linked to the way parents and infants bond, but its role in humans is not clear. Oxytocin - Human - Breastfeeding - Health - Childbirth
• Hormone in Hair May Reveal Heart Risk
  High levels of cortisol in the hair shaft may increase the risk of heart attack, a study shows.
• More evidence hormone therapy can muddy mammograms
  Hormone replacement therapy after menopause may interfere with the accuracy of mammograms used to screen for breast cancer -- and the risk may be greater with hormones delivered by patch or injection compared with pills, a new study finds.
• Bone Hormone Levels Linked To Risk Of Death For Patients With Heart Failure
  Patients suffering with heart failure are more likely to die if they have high levels of a bone hormone called osteoprotegerin (OPG). That is the finding of a research team from the Akershus University Hospital and the University of Oslo in Norway, in collaboration with colleagues in Italy and Denmark. Heart failure currently affects 14 million people in Europe, and is an increasing health ...
• Discovery Rule Exception in Hormone Replacement Cases Ruled a Jury Question
  Restoring 1,000 hormone replacement therapy mass tort cases to the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court's caseload, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled it is a question of fact, not of law, whether the plaintiffs could have known at the time of their diagnoses with breast cancer that alleged cause of their cancer was their HRT prescriptions.
• CCES says a Waterloo football player tested positive for human growth hormone
  A member of the suspended University of Waterloo football team has tested positive for human growth hormone, which the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport says is a first such finding in North America.
• Centre for Ethics in Sports says a Waterloo football player tested positive for human growth hormone
  A member of the suspended University of Waterloo football team has tested positive for human growth hormone, says the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.
• Canadian football player tests positive for HGH
  The first athlete to positive test for human growth hormone in North America is a Canadian college football player whose team was suspended for the 2010 season because of a steroid scandal. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports (CCES) says one of the 20 blood tests collected from the University of Waterloo team came back positive for HGH.
• High levels of OPG hormone impacts adverse outcome after myocardial infarction
  Patients suffering with heart failure are more likely to die if they have high levels of a bone hormone called osteoprotegerin (OPG).
• Human Growth Hormone used by Roger Clemens?
  Was human growth hormone taken by Roger Clemens? It has been more than two years after star pitcher Roger Clemens told Congress that he had never taken steroids or human growth hormone. Now, the 48 year old reaffirmed his denial on Monday as he pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges that he lied to a congressional panel about the alleged drug use. read more