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hormone

[hawr-mohn] / ˈhɔr moʊn /


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Second, and more importantly, the hormone strengthened emotional memory through distinct changes in the brain networks responsible for processing emotion and forming memories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The therapy, which was approved in May, works in patients with a specific genetic mutation called ESR1 who have failed hormone therapy, which represents around 1% of all newly diagnosed breast-cancer patients globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

These medications act on a hormone signaling system that helps regulate blood sugar and appetite, making them effective tools for improving metabolic health and supporting weight loss.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

For the past year or so, I’ve been tuned in to incessant chatter about cortisol, the hormone most famously associated with stress.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Her face felt on fire during hormone surges.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Later, Hannah said, attention turned towards the possibility that hormones could be responsible.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some dermatologists recommend birth control, which can help stabilize hormones, or treatments such as spironolactone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Rather than depending on one master switch, multiple neural circuits, hormones, and metabolic signals appear to help determine how age-related changes unfold.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It described how you should look, your face and eyes and all, if your hormones were in good shape, and I didn't look that way at all.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger


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