hormone
Example Sentences
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The added skeletal muscle mass not only helps with posture, but with metabolism, bone density and regulating hormones, he says.
From Los Angeles Times
Social relationships, both the deep ones and the fleeting exchanges, reduce stress hormones, lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation, strengthen immune function and make you happier.
But there is the potential for long-term health damage – heart disease, autoimmune problems - linked to "toxic stress", where the body is flooded with hormones like cortisol and catecholamines, which produce adrenaline.
From BBC
Heart rate and blood pressure jump and stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline surge.
From BBC
It would take years and additional discoveries made by others to synthesize the hormone into an effective drug and to determine doses that didn’t make patients vomit.
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