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BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. David Zava, President of ZRT Laboratory, a testing and research facility specializing in individualized hormone tests, appears on The SUZANNE Show this week to talk about an innovative way to whip your hormones back into shape! Make sure to tune in Wednesday, December 5, at 7:00 am (ET/PT) as they air on Lifetime Television. Many people think hormonal imbalance just means "menopause" or "periomenopause"-- that's really the tip of the...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who are taking combined oral contraceptives have a 2-fold risk of blood clots compared with women without the disorder who take contraceptives, states a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). PCOS affects between 6% and 10% of women of reproductive age with some estimates as high as 15%, making it the most common endocrine disorder in this age group. Risk factors for heart disease such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity...

A novel study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that commonly used drugs to treat heart failure and high blood pressure may have a wider range of application than earlier known, and also can be used against so called HFPEF -- a type of heart failure that until now has been impossible to treat. The study, which is published in the scientific journal JAMA, shows that the mortality rate in a group of HFPEF patients who used these medications decreased. Heart failure affects 3 per...

BOONTON, N.J. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE) and Tarix Pharmaceuticals today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive licensing agreement to develop an oral formulation of TXA127, Tarix's lead peptide drug candidate. The oral formulation of TXA127 is being developed jointly by Unigene and Tarix under a previously agreed upon feasibility program whereby the companies leveraged Unigene's...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Tired of feeling those hot flashes that come as a result of menopause? There is one remedy you may just be ecstatic to find out about. A study at Linköping University and Linköping University Hospital shows that women who learn to relax can reduce their menopause symptoms by half. The researchers found that seven out of every ten women going through menopause have at some point experienced problems with hot flashes and...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study says eating certain vegetables may influence hormone levels and behaviors like aggression and sexual activity in monkeys. The research from the University of California, Berkeley is the first to observe the connection between plant-based estrogenic compounds and behavior in wild primates. They found that the more leaves of Millettia dura the male red colobus monkeys ate, the higher their levels of estradiol and...

MIAMI, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AAG Health & Wellness, a recognized leader in hormone replacement therapy for men, is excited to announce the release of a video that follows the trials and tribulations of a client over the course of his first six month hormone treatment plan. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121119/FL15499 ) Watch: Harvey's story. His hormone therapy experience. The video's subject is a 61 year Miami Beach executive named Harvey who turns to...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It’s only natural that married men continue to check out other attractive women that happen to come into their field of view. Occasionally, some of these men also have a tendency to seek out these women and make contact. And some may even pursue these women further. But now, a new study published in Tuesday’s issue of the Journal of Neuroscience has uncovered a surprising new property of a hormone they say will keep married...

PARIS and BOSTON, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and T1D Exchange, a non-profit organization focused on type 1 diabetes, announced today on World Diabetes Day that they will collaborate on the TEENs registry study. The aim of the study is to provide the type 1 diabetes community with a better understanding of how children, adolescents and young adults are currently living with type 1 diabetes, and to deliver recommendations for better disease...

-- The FDA's final artificial pancreas guidance adopts JDRF's recommendations, providing a clear path toward improving lives by moving the transformative technology into the hands of millions with type 1 diabetes -- NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --JDRF today called the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) final artificial pancreas guidance a milestone in advancing better treatments for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D)--one of JDRF's key goals. The final FDA...