Hormones are the body’s chemical messengers. They act on various tissues and organs in the body to change their behavior. For example, the hormone prolactin stimulates the production of breastmilk.

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Your doctor may prescribe hormone therapy if you have late-stage cancer and sometimes if you have working ovaries and want to get pregnant. Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images Hormone therapy for ...

A new randomized study finds that a lab test that reads tumor genes can identify which patients with recurrent prostate ...

Known as the "pregnancy hormone," human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a type of hormone that is produced in large amounts during pregnancy, with levels peaking during the first 8 to 11 weeks of ...

Women using a certain type of hormone therapy to treat menopause symptoms could be at higher risk for breast cancer, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in The Lancet Oncology, ...

Researchers identified almost two dozen previously unknown genetic variants linked to type 2 diabetes by including participants' hormone levels in their analysis. Yan V. Sun of Emory University, U.S., ...

Hormone replacement therapy may protect the female brain from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia — if hormones are taken in the 40s and 50s when menopausal symptoms begin, according to a recent ...

The benefits of hormone therapy for the treatment of menopause symptoms outweigh the risks. That's the conclusion of a new study published in the medical journal JAMA. "Among women below the age of 60 ...

What makes the oldfield mouse steadfastly monogamous throughout its life while its closest rodent relatives are promiscuous? The answer may be a previously unknown hormone-generating cell. Scientists ...

Endocrine therapy is a way of treating conditions such as cancer using hormones. Also known as hormone therapy, it involves adjusting the levels of certain hormones, such as testosterone, estrogen, ...

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