Scientists have created zebrafish mutants in four different receptors -- found inside or on the surface of cells -- that respond to estrogens, and they have used the mutants to help unravel a novel ...

Estrogens are powerful hormones important for the formation and function of the nervous, reproductive and cardiovascular systems. Xenoestrogens are environmental chemicals -- both industrial ...

Most research on pathologies in women's health has centered on changes in E2. Our review of data from a variety of fields suggests that serotonin is one way that estrogen is exerting its effects on ...

Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression by preventing the production of inflammation-causing chemicals in the brain. Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression ...

Bethesda, MD – In women, the risk of coronary heart disease increases significantly after menopause. Estrogen therapy, however, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in healthy postmenopausal ...

The midlife hormonal shift of menopause can have a significant impact on a woman’s skin. Increased dryness is often one of ...

Life on earth relies on the roughly three percent of water on the planet that is drinkable. And clean water sources are being stressed. Researchers have now found that if water is contaminated with ...

Adjuvant weekly docetaxel (D) for high-risk prostate cancer patients (pts) after radical prostatectomy (RP): Preliminary data of a multicenter pilot trial Background: Estrogen replacement in women, ...

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