BERLIN -- Cyclist Stefan Schumacher has acknowledged in an interview with a German magazine that he used banned substances including EPO and human growth hormone. The 31-year-old German rider was ...

The hormone EPO, best known as a performance-enhancing drug among athletes, showed promise as a treatment for depression and bipolar disorder in a recent study. Top News U.S. News ...

As Epo also increases motivation, it could be useful in treating depression, experts say. The well-known blood hormone Epo is not only used for medicinal purposes; some athletes misuse it for doping.

Hormone EPO shown to improve brain sharpness in patients with depression and bipolar disorder. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 16, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 09 ...

Use of the EPO hormone to boost athletic performance did nothing for amateur cyclists in a road-race trial, according to a study Friday that questioned whether blood doping is worth the risk.

A single intravenous dose of hormone erythropoietin (EPO) immediately after myocardial infarction could limit heart damage, Japanese scientists say. Two things happen following a heart attack ...

Identifying the cells producing hormone EPO may lead to development of therapies for treating anemia from kidney disease, other conditions. Israel National News Apr 28, 2023, 7:40 AM (GMT+3) ...

Erythropoietin, or Epo for short, is familiar from doping cases. But the body itself also produces this vital hormone. Now, for the first time, an international research team including UZH ...