Word: estrogen
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Frisch theorizes that women with high concentrations of estrogen must disperse the hormone, which may increase the likelihood of errors in cell division, leading to cancer...
Women who exercise are less afflicted by cancer than those who don't because their estrogen levels are lower...
...Estrogen is a hormone that regulates the development of the female reproductive tract...
...sales, as will other drug companies that offer competing products. "Anything that lowers cholesterol will produce the same effect," says Dr. Lance Gould of the University of Texas medical school in Houston. As if to underscore that point, a separate study released last week showed that a combination of estrogen and a new form of progesterone can cut cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease among postmenopausal women as much as 25% -- without serious side effects...
...began collecting human epidemiological studies, which suggested to her that human fetal exposure to such chemicals as PCBs could produce disorders affecting behavior, immune-system functioning, memory and learning. She also surveyed the literature on humans exposed to diethylstilbestrol, or DES, a synthetic drug that is related to estrogen. DES can be used to prevent miscarriage, treat prostate and breast cancer or reduce the symptoms of menopause; it can even promote growth in sheep and cows. But in 1971, after studies linked its use by pregnant women with reproductive-system abnormalities, infertility and cancer in their offspring, the FDA decreed...