Could sex hormones explain the difference in opioid use and misuse between genders? Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the ...

Hormones are small molecules or peptides that act in signalling between one cell or cell set and another. They are generally involved in high-level processes of an organism such as growth ...

Estrogen and progesterone are two major sex hormones in the human body. Estrogen is responsible for sex characteristics and reproductive abilities in women, while progesterone plays a supporting ...

2024). Although the accumulation of GA during the development of tea shoots and the regulation of plant hormones on GA biosynthesis in tea plants have been preliminarily confirmed, the regulation ...

Introduction This study aimed to investigate the complete cytological development process of the male germ cells, and reveal the changes of hormones throughout the reproductive cycle of turbot. We ...

Hormones are the body’s chemical messengers. They facilitate nearly every bodily process, including metabolism, hunger, and fullness. Hormones serve as chemical messengers in your body. Because ...

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) prompts the thyroid gland to increase hormone production. Your body uses TSH to control thyroid hormone levels. TSH ensures you have the thyroid hormones to regulate ...

HONG KONG -- Li Tai's son was just 5 years old, but the father worried the boy was falling behind. At the time, official reference information showed he was shorter than 97% of Chinese boys his age.

Some antiaging skin care does employ hormones — mainly retinol and tretinoin in topical retinoids, as well as estrogen, which treats symptoms related to menopause. Now, researchers in Germany ...