Archive for the ‘Hormones’ Category
MPA, the Hormone used in the Depo Provera birth control shot, causes memory problems in rats
A new study published in Psychopharmacology shows young rats injected with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) performed worse on behavioral memory tests. MPA’s memory impairment persisted even once it had been cleared from the blood. MPA is the active component of the Depo Provera shot but not found in other hormonal contraceptives. The finding is especially significant […]
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Tags: Depo Provera, GAD, MPA, Water Radial Arm Maze
Details of the weight loss A new study published in the NEJM enrolled 50 overweight or obese patients (BMIs between 27 and 40) in a 10-week 500 calorie diet of Optifast VLCD and low starch vegetables. As might be expected with such a rigorous diet 16 dropped out or did not lose the expected weight […]
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Tags: diet, ghrelin, hormones, leptin, long-term, maintenance, NEJM study, obesity
Sleep and appetite may seem unrelated at first, but they have more in common than you might think. I know the last few times I was up late working, I was snacking on something. (Though, this example is complicated by the fact that stress can lead to hunger too.) The protein leptin is associated with […]
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Ben Kuebrich
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