According to recent reports, the number of individuals aged 65 years and older throughout the world is increasing at an exceptional rate. In 2008, about 506 million belonged to this age group; however ...

Last week Professor James Bertram Collip, with Dr. A. D. Campbell, of McGill University, reported their crystallization of the very important, pure female sex hormone. This in the Canadian Medical ...

The human body is a complex organism managed by a microscopic universe of chemical interactions—with as many billion individual variations as there are people who exist. Hormones are just part of that ...

Weizmann Institute molecular geneticist discovers what makes humans ‘tick’ and causes disruptions during menstruation, ...

Female sex hormones can significantly enhance the progression of the rare neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), according to a preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...

In an article recently published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, Graziano Pinna from the University of Illinois in Chicago outlines some of the evidence suggesting that female reproductive ...

Hormones can be helpful heroes, supporting the immune system and a healthy sleep-wake schedule. But they can also be culprits of frustrating body issues, like excess weight that won’t come off despite ...

Hormones can be helpful heroes, supporting the immune system and a healthy sleep-wake schedule. But they can also be culprits of frustrating body issues, like excess weight that won’t come off despite ...

Many still associate cancer with aging, and the majority of breast cancer cases and deaths do involve older women. However, a new study from the American Cancer Society notes an uptick in cases among ...