Oxyntomodulin and peptide tyrosine-tyrosine (PYY) are released from intestinal enteroendocrine cells in response to a meal. These circulating hormones are considered to be satiety signals, as they ...

The gut hormone peptide YY 3-36 [PYY (3-36)] has been suggested to posses anorexigenic actions in animals and human adults. However, its circulating concentrations and function have not been studied ...

Women are dramatically more likely than men to suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a chronic condition causing ...

The beneficial effects of metformin treatment in women with type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are, in part, attributable to weight reduction, possibly caused by altered levels of ...

Oatmeal Oats can be an excellent addition to your daily diet. They're not only low in calories, but they're also high in ...

Peptide YY (PYY), a hormone produced by gut endocrine cells that was already known to control appetite, also plays an important role in maintaining the balance of fungi in the digestive system of ...

PLYMOUTH – Reaching 100 career goals as a junior is a milestone mark for a lacrosse player. Plymouth North junior Addie Pyy recently became one of the newest members on an elite list. Pyy had 95 ...

"Instead of just saying young women suffer from IBS, we wanted rigorous science explaining why," said co-senior author Holly Ingraham, PhD.

Women are more likely to suffer pain from irritable bowel syndrome due to their hormones, according to a new study. Previous ...

Previous research has shown that many more women than men have the chronic condition, known as IBS, that causes abdominal ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(11):612-620. Katie Wynne is a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Internal Medicine in the ...