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Meanwhile, chronic stress can cause the release of excess cortisol, a hormone critical in managing fat storage and energy use in the body.

Stress and obesity go hand in hand

Continuous workplace stress is linked to obesity and is causing eating disorders in people.

27 Nov 2017 4:03 AM IST

Obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question that has not been fully explained (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out how your hormones could be making you fat

Here are the common condition that could be behind your weight loss struggles - and the signs to look out for.

13 Nov 2017 3:41 PM IST

According to risk of death five years after diagnosis is highest for breast and colon cancer (Photo: Pixabay)

Male hormones make them more susceptible to cancer

Researchers say male hormones may facilitate infection with a virus that can cause a type of cancer known as Kaposi's...

30 Sept 2017 10:18 AM IST

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This 'love hormone' makes men friendly

29 Sept 2017 4:59 PM IST

Prolactin is a hormone that makes a womans body produce breast milk (Photo: AFP)

Hormone kit that will allow men to breastfeed may be available in 5...

The product is seen as an empathy tool which can enable men to help and support their partners who struggle to...

24 Oct 2018 2:45 PM IST

Results suggest rodents that consume a fatty diet have reduced expression of an insulin receptor in a region of the brain known as the hippocampus. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hormone in plants reverses brain damage caused by fatty diet

In study, when diets were supplemented with the plant hormone abscisic acid, the damage was reversed.

6 Oct 2018 6:12 PM IST

We discovered that a specific protein, thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), is elevated in wounds of patients with diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Signs of type 2 diabetes appear 20 years before diagnosis

Type 2 diabetes occur when person does not produce enough insulin or doesn't respond to hormone and is associated with...

6 Oct 2018 3:12 PM IST

In India, male infertility is an ignored phenomenon and women are subjected to social stigma for being unable to bear children. (Photo: Pixabay)

Infertility not just a 'woman's problem'

The basic test to determine male infertility is semen analysis.

18 Jan 2018 7:56 PM IST

The levels of the female hormone, estrogen, begin to fall in their blood which can affect libido and the loss of interest in sex. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are ways to boost your libido this Valentine's Day

Libido fluctuates depending on what is going on in a person's life, and personal and external influences that impact it.

12 Feb 2018 1:22 PM IST

More than 32 farmers died of poisoning due to pesticides at Yavatmal district recently.

Pesticides may alter hormone production in humans

Endocrine disrupters are natural or synthetic molecules that can alter hormone function.

29 April 2018 4:13 PM IST

Parental provision of alcohol is associated with risk, not with protection. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds heavy drinking linked to worse PMS

Alcohol increases PMS risk by altering the level of hormones, such as gonadotropin, during the menstrual cycle.

24 April 2018 8:04 AM IST

According to a study conducted by Indiana University, the average penis size for American men is 5.57 inches, which is about an inch shorter than the standard condom size. (Photo: Pixabay)

Now, a male contraceptive pill without side effects

Currently, condoms and surgical vasectomy are the only safe forms of birth control currently available for men.

21 April 2018 9:46 AM IST