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hormone

[hawr-mohn] / ˈhɔr moʊn /


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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nutrients are involved in converting tryptophan into the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her first transfer date was postponed after a doctor said her uterus wasn’t ready, but she started hormone therapy to try again.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you were stressed before you began this exercise, your heart rate probably slowed and stabilized as levels of cortisol and other stress hormones decreased in your blood.

From Los Angeles Times

Semaglutide is a GLP-1 drug, which works by mimicking a gut hormone to reduce appetite, make people feel full sooner when eating and slow the rate of food leaving the stomach for the intestine.

From The Wall Street Journal