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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

EPO (short for erythropoietin) is a hormone that boosts the body’s production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen—and more oxygen helps athletes perform better, ...

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) ...

Growth hormone (GH or HGH) leads the pack of hormones prized by athletes. Tom Cotner, a biology Ph.D. and the distance coach for Seattle-based Club Northwest, says, "You can organize your training ...