Hormones and Metabolism

TV not always a healthy channel for advice

2012-07-14 00:00:00

Your family doctor doesn't work with a teleprompter. And there wasn't a live studio audience the last time you put on a hospital gown — thankfully. Television is great for sports, reality shows and reruns of "The Big Bang Theory," but if you're...

It's not just how many calories, but what kind, study finds

2012-06-27 00:00:00

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed, the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats you chow down on may determine whether you keep the weight off — or slowly but...

Many Muslims gain weight during Ramadan fasting

2012-07-24 14:42:33

Dinosaur coldblooded theory gets dash of cold water

2012-06-27 14:05:00

Dinosaurs: coldblooded or warmblooded? Inquiring paleontologists have long wanted to know, and a new study offers thoughts on the issue. Basically, it says that a central line of evidence for coldbloodedness is all wet. For years, some dinosaur mavens...

Dr. David L. Rimoin dies at 75; Cedars-Sinai geneticist

2012-05-30 10:18:00

Dr. David L. Rimoin, a medical geneticist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who pioneered studies of dwarfism and other skeletal abnormalities, died Sunday at the Los Angeles hospital. He was 75 and had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer days...

No on Proposition 37

2012-10-04 07:00:00

There's a growing gap between what grocery shoppers think they know about their food and the reality. Those tomatoes with the evenly rich red color that look ripened to perfection? They were bred to avoid showing streaks of green, a result of genetic...

Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to...

Insomnia: Can't sleep? Try cooling your brain

2011-06-13 12:07:00

You can't sleep.� You've tried counting sheep, drinking warm milk, maybe even taking medications like Benadryl or sleeping pills. � Maybe next you should try cooling your brain. According to research presented Monday at Sleep 2011, the annual meeting of...

For the forgetful in menopause, brain works harder to keep up

2011-11-14 17:38:00

Around the time of menopause, many women complain of mental slippage. But, as if to inflict some perverse trick upon them, cognitive scientists have found that they actually perform no more poorly than women who do not have such complaints. (Reassuring in...

Breastfeeding counteracts risk for a type of cancer, study says

2011-08-16 17:13:00

This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. African American women have higher rates of a type of breast cancer that isn't dependent for growth on the hormones estrogen or progesterone. They also have a higher rate of childbearing...

Shift work: Good for your pocketbook, bad for your health

2011-12-08 14:25:00

These days, it's just good to have a job. But remaining gainfully employed�can take a toll on health, especially if your work has you up at odd hours and sleeping irregularly. Shift work, say two studies out this week, poses particular problems for women,...

Put your stress on vacation

2011-05-30 00:00:00

Got stress? If you answered no, hooray for you! (And, by the way, what planet are you from?) But if you answered yes (like any normal member of the human race), you're likely heartened by the arrival of vacation season. Just the ticket for a little...

. Compared with sedentary subjects, those who ran regularly were 70 percent less likely to experience high stress and life dissatisfaction, according to a study of more than 12,000 people published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports.

2012-07-12 20:00:00

Dr. Theodore Mazzone has joined NorthShore University HealthSystem as chairman of the Department of Medicine. He comes to NorthShore from University of Illinois Center for Clinical and Translational Science, which encompassed faculty and leadership participation from 12 U. of I.

2011-07-17 22:00:00

Many studies have suggested that the ratio of a man's index-finger length and ring-finger length is tied to prenatal exposure to sex hormones . Now researchers have found that the lower the ratio, the longer the penis. Such findings have more impact than might be readily apparent, offering a way to

2011-07-08 09:33:52