hormone
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So is Ozempic’s active ingredient, which mimics the gut hormone GLP-1 to control blood sugar and curb appetite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Food and Drug Administration approved a generic competitor to its flagship Somatuline hormone drug earlier than expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The natural hormone melatonin rises before bedtime, making us feel sleepy.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"We know that a lack of sleep increases cortisol levels, which is a stress hormone that can lead to acne breakouts."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Together, they siphon off an enzyme, which stops the production of a certain hormone, which complicates my life.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The injectable drug mimics the body’s somatostatin hormone to treat disorders like slow-growing tumors and the overproduction of growth hormones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Among its many jobs, the hypothalamus helps regulate hunger, hormones, reproduction and body temperature.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Basically, I became another person,” she said, adding that her hormones felt out of whack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
When I investigated this strange phenomenon - and made a radio documentary on the subject - I discovered that hormones have a major part to play and that more research definitely needs to be done.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
You could even start before you were eighteen with pills called androgen blockers that stopped the boy hormones already inside you from turning your body into a man's.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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The Catcher in the Rye
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