The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has expressed concern
over a bill introduced to Congress and aimed at preventing abuse of
dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA.
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have reported that
DHEA does not have "physiologically relevant beneficial
effects" on markers for anti-aging - a finding that does not
help the industry's fight to preserve...
Researchers at Brigham & Women's Hospital found that DHEA
delivered no benefits for fibromyalgia sufferers - a finding that
does not help the industry's fight to preserve the hormone
precursor's status as a dietary...
A new study suggests that DHEA supplements may be an effective
alternative to traditional anti-depressants for sufferers of
midlife-onset major or minor depression.
The natural hormone DHEA could play a role in the prevention and
treatment of the metabolic syndrome associated with abdominal
obesity, according to research published this week.
Human neural stem cells, exposed in a lab dish to the steroid DHEA,
exhibit a remarkable uptick in growth rates, suggesting that the
hormone may play a role in helping the brain produce new cells,
according to a new study published...
Supplements of the hormone DHEA could help prevent age-related
heart disease, suggests a small Japanese study. Middle-aged men
with high cholesterol levels had improved artery function as well
as insulin sensitivity after a daily...
Researchers question the efficacy of the hormone DHEA, taken in
supplement form to help treat cancer and Alzheimer's disease, in a
new study showing it had no effects on cognition in Alzheimer's
patients.
