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Medical Edge: A look at bioidentical hormones  -  22 Feb 2008
Post-Bulletin,DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been reading a lot about bioidentical hormones lately. What are they exactly? Are they an improvement on the usual hormone

Male Breast Surgery on Rise for Teens  -  22 Feb 2008
ABC News..."There is a surge of hormones in puberty and we believe there is an imbalance of those hormones" that causes it, Jacobs said. Jacobs said that the social

Lancaster Farming Speaks with Michael Pollan  -  22 Feb 2008
Lancaster Farming,And do you think science understands milk well enough to declare that there is no difference between milk produced using artificial hormones and milk that

Milk labeling becomes hot issue  -  22 Feb 2008
Muncie Star Press,Dean's label will read, "No artificial growth hormones." A disclaimer in smaller print reads, "No significant difference in milk from cows treated with

Scientists Solve the Mystery of the Caterpillar that Looks Like ...  -  22 Feb 2008
Environmental Graffiti,Juvenile hormones have a lot of uses in insect growth. The hormones regulate development in the juvenile bugs, such as telling the insect when it’s time to

Letter: Teen gunman lucky he's alive  -  22 Feb 2008
Enterprise-Record,This is not just a stupid teen mistake, or hormones raging. This is a serious lack of moral character. This isn't a gun problem, easy access to guns problem

EWG Supports Maryland Bill for Safer Children's Products  -  22 Feb 2008
Environmental Working Group,Phthalate exposures in baby boys are also now associated with changes in levels of reproductive hormones and proteins that transport them through the body

Proposed Bill Wants Pesticides, Hormones, Antibiotics Listed on ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
Epoch Times,By Sharda Vaidyanath A private member's bill wants mandatory labeling declaring the presence of such substances as hormones, antibiotics and rendered

Gagne says he didn't use growth hormones  -  Feb 20, 2008
Pierce County Herald,On the same day Andy Pettitte spent an hour apologizing to reporters for using human growth hormone, Milwaukee Brewers’ closer Eric Gagne spent one-minute

Beef recall reminder to resist biotech foods and hormones  -  Feb 19, 2008
In-Forum (subscription),By Dean Hulse, The Forum Coincidentally, an announcement concerning the nation’s largest beef recall occurred on the same day that Bruce Freitag’s letter to

Country Dairy stayed away from hormones  -  Feb 15, 2008
MLive.com,Chronicle News Service/Johnny QuirinCountry Dairy farms' cows were never injected with synthetic hormone, a fact that won customers for the New Era dairy.

The Secret to Aging Gracefully (without Surgery): Treat Your Body ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
Earthtimes,However, to combat this, strategies like diet, nutrition, bio-identical hormones and even stem cell therapy can reverse the signs of aging without

Self-Esteem and Stress-Anxiety  -  Feb 21, 2008
Best Syndication,The hypothalamus also sends a message to release the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine, which initiate a variety of physiological changes.

Many Physician Weight Loss Programs Should Come With Warning ...  -  Feb 21, 2008
PR Web (press release),..."More than a decade ago, I became convinced that bio-identical hormones, which are hormones that are chemically identical to the hormones produced within

Study: Hormones altering marine biology  -  Feb 17, 2008
United Press International17 (UPI) -- A study of US coastal waters has discovered marine biology being altered by the presence of human hormones. Southern California Coastal Water

'Keep hormones in check on Valentine's Day'  -  Feb 13, 2008
Independent Online,By Nopporn Wong-Anan Bangkok - Alarmed by polls showing one in four Thai teens will celebrate Valentine's Day by having sex, police plan to swoop on motels,

Hair on my face, hormones on my mind  -  Feb 10, 2008
Jamaica Observer,The excessive hair growth on your face and the mood changes are suggestive of excessive male hormones in your system. This hormone is testosterone and

Are Bio-identical Hormones Safe?  -  Feb 7, 2008
NewsweekThese unregulated bio-identicals are touted as safer because they are plant-derived hormones purportedly synthesized to chemically match the hormones young

Balance Your Hormones  -  Feb 16, 2008
RedOrbit,Can natural therapies help bring hormones buck into balance? A: Estrogen dominance, which is quite common in perimenopause- the time leading up to

Urgent Action Needed to Protect Your Right to Choose Bio-Identical ...  -  Feb 15, 2008
Hawaii Reporter,Contact your US Senator and Congressman today to ensure that you keep your freedom to choose natural, human (bio-identical) hormones and other medications

Shining the light on mental fog  -  Feb 21, 2008
Chester DailyLocal.com,The body responds to stress by releasing a cascade of hormones that put all body systems on full alert. In the short term, that provides a surge of energy,

Hair loss in women caused by genetics, hormones, stress  -  Feb 4, 2008
Arizona Republic,Let's check for anemia, thyroid problems, levels of hormones and so on. One of the keys is treating the medical problem first. A: Genetics definitely plays

Understanding the Causes of Hair Loss  -  Feb 21, 2008
TamilStar.com,Hormones: For men baldness is usually caused due to hormones. Hair loss may occur due to an overactive or under-active thyroid gland.

Freaky Friday Potpourri: Financial Growth Hormones  -  Feb 15, 2008
Minyanville.com,There's something to be said about the injection of growth hormones gone awry. The Rocket allegedly took a shot in the buttocks but, after years of fiscal

Sex Hormones Unrelated To Prostate Cancer Risk, Report Shows  -  Jan 29, 2008
Science Daily (press release)29, 2008) — Sex hormones circulating in the blood do not appear to be associated with prostate cancer risk, according to data from 18 prior studies.

Sex Hormones Don't Seem to Affect Prostate Cancer Risk  -  Jan 29, 2008
Washington Post,29 (HealthDay News) -- A man's risk of prostate cancer is not related to the amount of sex hormones circulating in his bloodstream, a new British analysis

Hoping for a baby? Rethink your diet  -  Feb 20, 2008
Journal Times,In general, the study’s findings point to factors that can disrupt the delicate balance of hormones needed for reproduction. Although the researchers aren’t

Study links child care quality, stress hormones  -  Feb 1, 2008
ABC Online,Social researcher Dr Margaret Sims from Edith Cowan University in Perth studied the levels of stress hormones in children attending childcare.

Sex Hormones No Prostate Cancer Risk?  -  Jan 30, 2008
CBS News,...(WebMD) A man's odds of developing prostate cancer don't appear to be influenced by his blood levels of testosterone and other sex hormones.

Women, Doctors Wage Crucial Battle with FDA to Save Bioidentical ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
PR Web (press release),The ad, which appeared in the New York Times on February 4, explains to women and their doctors: "The FDA has said stop using bioidentical hormones.

The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule  -  Feb 20, 2008
The New York Academy of Sciences,Into this picture, he brings various brain hormones that produce or induce forms of moral behavior such as individual heroism, parental love,

Something Endocrinologists Don't Want You To Know  -  Feb 20, 2008
About - News & Issues,Would endocrinologists rather you take drugs manufactured by their big donor, Wyeth, rather than bio-identical compounded hormones?

Advocates For Custom-Made Hormones Launch Lobbying Effort Against FDA  -  Feb 13, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),FDA sent letters to seven pharmacies in January ordering them to stop claiming that custom-made hormones are better than approved menopause therapies and

Local Meetings on Upcoming Illegal Spraying of Bay Area with ...  -  Feb 15, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia,...by reader Four lawsuits already filed in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, but the spraying is still planned. Only you can stop it .

Six strange things about  -  Feb 20, 2008
SheKnows.com,..."Parents call and think it's an allergy, but it's actually related to maternal hormones." Use a moisturizing lotion like Aquafor on the skin one to two

• Milk in area stores just about free of hormones  -  Feb 13, 2008
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com,Starting this month, most -- if not all -- milk sold in Jackson-area supermarkets will be free of artificial growth hormones.

PRO-CON: Should dairies label milk from cows given hormones? Yes  -  Jan 26, 2008
Kansas City Star,Case in point: synthetic hormones in milk. Fourteen years after a highly contentious FDA decision allowing milk and dairy products from cows injected with

Powerful milk money  -  Feb 20, 2008
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com,Local supermarkets are joining a national trend of selling milk that's free of artificial growth hormones. Farmers since 1993 have used the drugs,

The rugby-playing young brothers who can tackle anything ...thanks ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
GazetteLive,He suddenly became ill and was diagnosed with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) - a condition which leaves him unable to produce the hormones and

Sly beefs-up on hormones  -  Jan 26, 2008
The Age,...is of concern in sports battling allegations of doping. Stallone was fined $2975 in a Sydney court last year for bringing banned hormones into Australia.

Stallone backs use of hormones  -  Jan 26, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Last year, Stallone was fined $2975 in a Sydney court for bringing banned hormones into Australia. He pleaded guilty to importing 48 vials of the human

Happy in care: it's in the hormones  -  Feb 1, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Developing trusting relationships with parents and children the key to a quality centre … Ayesha Bhalerao, 2, at the Mia Mia Child and Family Study Centre.

Lifestyle Liability  -  Feb 19, 2008
Pune Newsline,Although no one really knows what causes PCOS, it seems to be related to an imbalance in a girl's hormones. Both girls and guys produce sex hormones,

Sleeping Around: The battle of the hormones  -  Jan 31, 2008
Independent,By Catherine Townsend I'm not really a fan of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray, but I have to admit that I giggled reading the Daily

KERNS: Hey, Villanova, Augustine had hormones, too  -  Feb 14, 2008
Villanovan (subscription),Augustine was no saint. One of the greatest intellects in the Western tradition had a wild side for the first 30 years of his life that would even make the

PRO-CON: Should dairies label milk from cows given hormones? No  -  Jan 26, 2008
Kansas City Star,After 14 years of widespread use, a safe and proven technology for increasing the availability of low-cost dairy products could disappear if government

Balancing Hormones Naturally  -  Feb 12, 2008
YourHub.com,Presented by The Foundation for Wellness Professionals and Licensed Acupuncturist, Jack Schaefer, this workshop gives participants not only a complete

'Torchwood' returns amid tangle of hormones, aliens  -  Jan 25, 2008
Arizona Republic,AP LOS ANGELES - Attention, fans of quick-witted, Brit-flavored science-fiction television: Capt. Jack is back. "He's still the same Jack, but he's a little

FDA's Assault of Bioidentical Hormones  -  Feb 9, 2008
American Chronicle,By Bill Haymin By Mike Adams The FDA has unleashed an assault on women's health freedom by attacking compounding pharmacies and bioidentical hormones.

Sylvester Stallone defends the use of growth hormones  -  Jan 24, 2008
Melbourne Herald Sun,SYLVESTER Stallone has spoken out in defence of human growth hormone, saying it has increased his quality of life, and everyone over 40 should use it.

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