8 sentences with 'hormone'

Example sentences and phrases with the word hormone and other words derived from it.

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« Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas. »
« The specialist assured Margaret that hormone therapy was not as terrible as it sounded. »
« Cortisone is a hormone that is part of the corticosteroids. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects. »
« DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is a steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal glands and converted into the sex hormones oestrogen and testosterone. »
« So far, most studies of the hormone DHEA have been done in rodents and have focused on the hormone's effect on chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. »
« Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which a lack of the hormone insulin leaves the body unable to use energy from carbohydrates. This condition causes sugar to be lost in the urine. There are different types. »
« Tears produced by an irritant are different from tears of sadness, which contain 24 per cent more protein. Both types include prolactin, the hormone that stimulates milk production. This could be the reason why women cry more often than men. »
« In one such study, 30 participants, men and women aged between 40 and 70, took 50 milligrams of the hormone DHEA daily for three months and a placebo for another three months. Almost all of them reported a greater degree of general well-being, deeper sleep, more energy and greater ability to cope with stress. »

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