hormone
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Rather than relying on a single hormone or digestive process, the effect appears to involve multiple systems working together to control how quickly glucose enters the intestine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 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
Laughing lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"It was only me... I joined the dots and it was transformational to start hormone replacement therapy and literally come back to life."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Jam rubbed her upper arm as they stepped outside after the movie; the theater had been chilly, and sometimes the hormone implant in her arm ached when she got cold.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Acne is caused by many factors including genetics, hormones, environment and even diet — such as eating excessive amounts of dairy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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
Nuclear receptors respond to substances such as hormones, vitamins, and lipids, then influence cell behavior by switching genes "on" and "off."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Those properties stem from the way the plant's compounds - like 7-Hydroxymitragynine - activate various hormones, including dopamine.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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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