Hormones - 241 News

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Frequent nightmares triple risk of early death and accelerate ageing

"Our sleeping brains cannot distinguish dreams from reality"

24-Jun-2025 - New research presented at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2025 reveals that frequent nightmares are associated with significantly accelerated biological ageing and a more than threefold increase in the risk of premature death. This study is the first to show that nightmares ...

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Be careful when cuddling with pets

Medicines on the skin of humans can make pets ill

11-Apr-2025 - To mark International Pet Day on April 11, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) is warning against the accidental transfer of hormone-containing medicines from humans to pets. Petting, carrying or other physical contact can inadvertently expose pets to hormones and, in ...

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Adrenomedullin causes diabetes in overweight people

The hormone triggers insulin resistance in blood vessel endothelium in obesity

13-Feb-2025 - A large proportion of the approximately six million patients in Germany suffering from type 2 diabetes are overweight. The effect of insulin is impaired in these patients. The cause of this insulin resistance has been sought primarily in metabolically active organs for a long time. Researchers at ...

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Water treatment: nanotubes capture steroid hormones

Removal of micropollutants in electrochemical membrane reactor with carbon nanotube membrane

11-Nov-2024 - Supplying people around the world with clean water is one of the major challenges of the present and future. Wastewater contains various micropollutants, i.e. organic and inorganic substances that occur in low concentrations but still have a harmful effect on humans and the environment. ...

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Bayer partners with innovative hormone monitoring device start-up

Funding to advance early-stage research efforts

29-Oct-2024 - Bayer announced a partnership withImpli, an innovative, deep-tech start-up in precision care. Impli’s goal is to advance women’s health and deliver the first real-time hormone monitoring device – making fertility more accessible, safer and more successful. With hormones playing a critical role in ...

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Biophysicists decipher functionality of adrenaline-binding receptor

In the future, researchers may be able to use these results to better avoid side effects when developing drugs

26-Jun-2024 - G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are found throughout the human body and are involved in many complex signalling pathways. Despite their importance in many biological processes, the central mechanism of G protein-coupling and the associated signal transmission is not yet understood. A team of ...

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How the body switches out of “fight” mode

Study unlocks how cortisone inhibits inflammation

12-Apr-2024 - Cortisone and other related glucocorticoids are extremely effective at curbing excessive immune reactions. But previously, astonishingly little was known about how they exactly do that. A team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Uniklinikum Erlangen have now explored the ...

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Acetylation: a Time-Keeper of glucocorticoid Sensitivity

Understanding the regulatory mechanism paves the way to enhance the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory therapies

02-Apr-2024 - Cortisol, also commonly known as the stress hormone, belongs to the family of glucocorticoids. In addition to its physiological function, synthetic derivatives of cortisol are also used as anti-inflammatory drugs. In the cell, the hormone acts by binding to the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which ...

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How the age of plastic is affecting our hormones

Influence of the chemical substances bisphenol A, F and S on hormone synthesis and the hormone balance of the adrenal gland

26-Mar-2024 - Whether drinking bottles, cans, frying pans, receipts, textiles, water pipes, fire retardants or food contaminated with pesticides - in today's plastic age, we all come into contact with chemical substances. However, many of these synthetic substances not only bring benefits, but also pose ...

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New agent blocks stress response

In the future, this could enable stress-​related conditions such as chronic depression to be treated much more specifically and with fewer side effects

24-Jan-2024 - If the body’s natural stress response gets knocked off balance, it can result in physical and mental health disorders. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an agent capable of selectively inhibiting this response. Stress isn’t merely an oppressive feeling we experience when we’re overwhelmed; ...

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