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Glucocorticoids

Steroid hormones involved in the regulation of glucose (sugars) and adrenal hormones (cortisol). Glucocorticoids are involved with the immune system and inflammation.

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How Stress Leads to Fat

July 13, 2015October 18, 2017
Cortisol/Glucocorticoids/Hormones

Stress is unhealthy.Albeit cliché, this unadulterated statement is true.Stress also contributes to the storage of fat in the body.When stressed, your body

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Dexamethasone during Pregnancy Increases Ovarian Germ Cell Death

October 10, 2013October 18, 2017
Fertility/Glucocorticoids/Hormones/Infertility/Pregnancy + Postpartum/Research & Commentary

Dexamethasone or DEX, the synthetic corticosteroid that mimics the anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects of endogenous cortisol, has been given to pregnant women

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Is Prenatal Dexamethasone Safe: The Baby Makers’ Hubris

April 15, 2013April 28, 2018
Cortisol/Glucocorticoids/Hormones/Pregnancy + Postpartum

For some reason, maybe hubris, medical science seems doomed to repeat the sins of their fathers. The lessons of thalidomide and diethylstilbestrol

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Heart Rate Variability, Stress and New Apps for Measurement

October 22, 2012
Cortisol/Hormones/Men's Health/Women's Health

My mom was diagnosed with cancer when I began high school, and we noticed that every time she was stressed her white

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The Stress of Modern Living

November 29, 2011December 6, 2012
Glucocorticoids/Hormones/Research & Commentary/Women's Health

I’m stressed, my friends are stressed, and let’s face it, the entire nation is stressed. In modern life, we’re bombarded with the

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Cortisol: The Stress Hormone

November 29, 2011August 20, 2013
Cortisol/Glucocorticoids/Hormones

Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced in the cortex of adrenal gland. It belongs to a class of hormones called glucocorticoids and

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