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  • June 2008

    • Landis Can't Overturn Ban

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 30, 08 12:23 PM CDT

      Landis Can't Overturn Ban

      Cyclist Floyd Landis lost perhaps his final chance to keep his 2006 Tour de France title today, the AP reports, with a key panel upholding a 2-year doping ban. The three-person Court of Arbitration for Sport said Landis’ drug test was the product of “less than ideal laboratory practices, but not lies, fraud, forgery or cover-ups” as the American claimed. More »

  • April 2008

    • Missing Genes Can Thwart Doping Tests

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 30, 08 2:09 PM CDT

      Missing Genes Can Thwart Doping Tests

      Testosterone injections are among the most common performance-enhancing drugs detected in athlete screenings, but some lucky competitors can take them without fear of exposure, the New York Times reports. Of 55 men given testosterone in a recent study, 17 came up clean on a drug test because they're missing the pair of genes that cause testosterone to dissolve in urine. More »

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      DNA  • genetics  • performance-enhancing drugs  • genes  • testosterone

    • Volatile Market Hooked on Testosterone

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 15, 08 4:25 AM CDT

      Volatile Market Hooked on Testosterone

      The buying and selling of the world's wealth is at the mercy of aggressive men and their hormonal fluctuations, neuroscientists have discovered. While that doesn't come as a big surprise, the study isolates the major role that testosterone plays in making boorish traders exceptionally bullish—and the part the hormone cortisol plays in slumps, reports the Daily Telegraph . More »

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      stock market  • Wall Street  • men  • hormones  • testosterone  • bear market  • medical studies  • risky trading  • bull market  • masculinity  • hormone therapy

  • March 2008

    • Sex Hormone Tied to Depression

      newser  |  Age (Aust.)  |  Mar 4, 08 10:35 AM CST

      Sex Hormone Tied to Depression

      Men with low levels of testosterone are more likely to be depressed, Australian researchers have found, and they recommend that those with abnormally low levels be treated with injections of the sex hormone. A study of men over the age of 70 revealed that those with the lowest testosterone levels are three times more likely to suffer depression than those with the highest levels, reports the Age . More »

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      depression  • health study  • testosterone  • hormone replacement therapy  • osteoporosis  • muscle mass

  • January 2008

    • Sex Drug for Women Being Tested

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 2, 08 7:09 PM CST

      Sex Drug for Women Being Tested

      The University of Virginia is set to become the latest institution to test a drug designed to boost the sex drive of women, the AP reports. LibiGel is a testosterone-laden ointment the patient rubs into her skin to increase energy and libido. Decreased sex drive is believed to affect one-third of American women. More »

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      medicine  • women  • testosterone  • sex drive

    • Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 1, 08 10:51 PM CST

      Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

      Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin won't be competing this year in Beijing—or in any other track and field meet—after receiving a four-year ban for a failed drug test in 2006. The sprinter had been arguing his case, saying, for one thing, that a prior doping charge shouldn't count as his first offense, reports the Washington Post. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games  • track and field  • testosterone  • Justin Gatlin

  • September 2007

    • Women Wired to Fall for Bass Baritones

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Sep 26, 07 4:11 AM CDT

      Women Wired to Fall for Bass Baritones

      Posh Spice may not agree, but new research shows that women are more drawn to the deep baritone of a Barry White than the higher-pitched squeak of a David Beckham. Studies of the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, whose lifestyle  is similar to that of early man, reveal that men with deep voices have more children—because they have more success with women, reports the Times of London. More »

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      Harvard  • Tanzania  • testosterone  • reproduction

    • Testosterone in Womb Linked to Autistic Traits

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 12, 07 3:18 AM CDT

      Testosterone in Womb Linked to Autistic Traits

      An eight-year study has found a link between high levels of fetal testosterone and autistic traits in children, reports the BBC. Scientists don't know whether the testosterone causes the autistic tendencies or if the hormone is a by-product of autism, but the findings appear to support the head researcher's theory that autism is essentially "extreme male brain." More »

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      children  • research  • autism  • hormones  • testosterone  • male brain

  • June 2007

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