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  Bodybuilding Myth Debunked: Growth-Promoting Hormones Don't Stimulate Strength

  June 14, 2012 — New research reveals exercise-related testosterone and growth hormone do not play an influential role in building muscle after weightlifting, despite conventional wisdom suggesting otherwise. The ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
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  Variations in Sex Steroid Gene Expression Can Predict Aggressive Behaviors, Bird Study Shows

  June 6, 2012 — A biologist has shown that natural variation in measures of the brain's ability to process steroid hormones predicts functional variation in aggressive behavior. The new work has found strong and ... > full story
• Prostate Cancer
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  Hormone-Depleting Drug Shows Promise Against Localized High-Risk Prostate Tumors

  May 16, 2012 — Researchers have demonstrated that a hormone-depleting drug approved for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer can help eliminate or nearly eliminate tumors in many patients with aggressive ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
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  Tiny Plants Could Cut Costs, Shrink Environmental Footprint

  May 15, 2012 — Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf ... > full story
• Educational Policy
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  Male College Students Believe Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Sports Is More Unethical Than Using Stimulants to Improve Grades

  May 8, 2012 — In the eyes of young college men, it’s more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it is to use prescription stimulants to enhance one’s grades, according to new ... > full story
• Asthma
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  New Type of Cell With a Key Role in Treatment-Resistant Asthma

  May 7, 2012 — New research may help explain what’s going on in the lungs of people with treatment-resistant asthma -- and aid the development of new treatment options and better ways to identify people at ... > full story
• Arthritis
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  Children With Juvenile Arthritis Have Higher Rates of Bacterial Infection

  May 1, 2012 — Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have higher rates of hospitalized bacterial infection than children without JIA according to an observational ... > full story
• Pain Control
  Arthritis
  Pharmacology
  Joint Pain
  Back and Neck Pain
  Fibromyalgia
   

  Genetically Engineered Compound for Back Pain Falls Short

  April 16, 2012 — Despite the great promise that injecting a new type of anti-inflammatory pain medicine into the spine could relieve the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, a new study has found that the ... > full story
• Menopause
  Women's Health
  Osteoporosis
  Gynecology
  Gender Difference
  Steroids
   

  Menopause Clinicians Support New Advice on Steroid Use

  March 30, 2012 — Glucocorticoids - a type of steroid hormone - are widely used in a number of medical disorders. Worldwide, it is estimated that almost 5% of postmenopausal women take glucocorticoids. As well as ... > full story
• Lung Disease
  Lung Cancer
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  Cystic Fibrosis
  Smoking
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  Discovery Could Help Stem Smoking-Related Diseases

  January 12, 2012 — Sufferers of smoking-related lung diseases could have their debilitating symptoms reduced following the discovery of a potential new ... > full story

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