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  • June 2008

    • National Zoo's Panda Preggers?

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      National Zoo's Panda Preggers?

      The National Zoo in DC says panda mother Mei Xiang is showing a spike in hormone levels, a sign that she might be pregnant again. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated in March with semen from Tian Tian, the zoo's male giant panda. Hormone test results indicate Mei Xiang will either give birth or come to the end of a false pregnancy in late July. More »

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      Washington DC  • zoo  • hormones  • panda  • breeding  • pregnant  • National Zoo

  • May 2008

    • New Trust Drug: Good for Shyness, Bad for Investing

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 22, 08 9:46 AM CDT

      New Trust Drug: Good for Shyness, Bad for Investing

      Scientists have created a nasal spray that makes its users more trusting, the BBC reports. Made up mostly of oxytocin, alternatively nicknamed the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical,” the spray decreases social fears by lowering activity in the amygdala. That should be great news for social phobics; just don’t use it when you’re, say, making investment decisions. More »

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      medical research  • brain  • hormones  • psychiatry  • oxytocin  • trustworthiness

    • Hormone Makes Food More Appetizing

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  May 7, 08 3:35 PM CDT

      Hormone Makes Food More Appetizing

      What makes people eat more than their bodies need? It might have a lot to do with the hormone ghrelin, a new study at McGill University finds. The chemical tells the brain to find food more appealing, and causes hunger, LiveScience reports. Work has already started on ghrelin-blocking drugs, but the probability of severe effects on mood is a significant hurdle. More »

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      food  • obesity  • public health  • hormones

    • Fertile Women Sound Sexier, Study Says

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 2, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      Fertile Women Sound Sexier, Study Says

      Barflies take note: A woman's voice is sexiest when she's most fertile, a new study says. Scientists recorded women counting from 1 to 10 and found that their voices were rated most attractive when they were closest to ovulation, the BBC reports. What gives? Researchers aren't sure, but they speculate that hormones may affect the voice box. More »

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      women  • women's health  • gender  • fertility  • hormones  • biology

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Transgender Con Upset Over Fading Femininity

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 27, 08 3:21 AM CST

      Transgender Con Upset Over Fading Femininity

      A prisoner who has sued for a sex-change operation has complained that treatments to feminize her body have stopped, the AP reports. “My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size, facial hair is thicker,” Michelle Kosilek, formerly Robert, wrote in a letter to the court considering the request for sex-reassignment surgery. Kosilek was convicted of the 1990 murder of his wife. More »

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      lawsuit  • hormones  • transgender  • cruel and unusual punishment  • psychotherapy  • sex change

    • Long-Term Pairs Flunk Chemistry

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 11, 08 10:45 AM CST

      Long-Term Pairs Flunk Chemistry

      Romeo and Juliet may have been the greatest lovers of all time, but that may have had more to do with the romance's brevity than that star-crossed-lovers thing, according to an Italian study that says sex chemistry fizzles after 2 years. "Love molecules" like neutrophins are sky high in the early stages of romance, then make way for cuddle hormones when a relationship stabilizes. More »

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      sex  • romance  • hormones  • love  • chemistry  • sexual chemistry

  • January 2008

    • Hot Water Leaches Harmful Chemical From Plastic

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jan 30, 08 9:55 AM CST

      Hot Water Leaches Harmful Chemical From Plastic

      Hot liquid causes a potentially harmful chemical to leach out of certain plastics much faster than usual, researchers have found. The study, published in Toxicology Letters , discovered that  bisphenol A, or BPA, was released from some common plastic bottles 55 times faster when they were placed in boiling water. Concerns about BPA, a hormone "disrupter," have been growing, particularly for containers used by babies and young children. More »

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      research  • plastic  • hormones  • chemicals  • baby bottle

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Scientists Solve Estrogen Heart Mystery

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 17, 07 3:30 AM CDT

      Scientists Solve Estrogen Heart Mystery

      A compound created as the body processes cholesterol was to blame for giving scientists conflicting data about the effect of hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, researchers say. Initial studies had found that estrogen helps keep the heart healthy, but a later study reported that women taking estrogen actually exhibited higher levels of coronary disease. More »

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      women's health  • hormones  • cholesterol  • heart  • estrogen  • hormone replacement therapy  • menopause

    • MLB Wants HGH Blood Test for Next Season

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Sep 14, 07 8:08 AM CDT

      MLB Wants HGH Blood Test for Next Season

      In the wake of scandals involving Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel and Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, among others, Major League Baseball is weighing a blood test for human growth hormone that would be implemented by next season. A test developed by the World Anti-Doping Agency is expected to be available for mass use within a few months, USA Today reports. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • human growth hormone  • Bud Selig  • hormones  • drug test

    • 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

    • HGH Use Mars Ankiel Comeback

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Sep 8, 07 7:17 AM CDT

      HGH Use Mars Ankiel Comeback

      St. Louis Cardinals’ star slugger Rick Ankiel acknowledged using Human Growth Hormone last night, facing reporters in the dugout after news emerged yesterday that he had received HGH from a pharmacy involved in a prescription-drug scandal. Ankiel took delivery of HGH for a year following a routine elbow surgery in 2003, before it was banned by Major Leage Baseball, according to the New York Daily News . More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • St. Louis Cardinals  • human growth hormone  • hormones  • Rick Ankiel

  • August 2007

    • Roses Are Red, Viagra Is Blue ...

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 24, 07 11:35 AM CDT

      Roses Are Red, Viagra Is Blue ...

      Viagra and other ED drugs may elevate levels of a hormone linked with feelings of love, a new study shows. Oxytocin, long associated with breastfeeding and maternal affection, also plays a part in arousal and orgasm; Viagra and related meds work on the part of the brain that controls levels of the hormone in rats, Reuters reports. More »

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      sex  • hormones  • Viagra  • erectile dysfunction  • oxytocin

    • Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Aug 13, 07 3:08 PM CDT

      Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

      A substance produced by the skeleton may help to treat diabetes, a new study suggests. A hormone called osteocalcin regulates blood sugar; type 2 diabetics have a lower level of the hormone than other people. In the study, mice with lower levels of osteocalcin develop symptoms of diabetes, which go away when they are injected with the hormone. More »

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      health  • diabetes  • hormones  • treatment  • blood sugar  • skeleton  • bones  • osteocalcin

  • June 2007
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  • March 2007

    • HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

      newser  |  Slate  |  Mar 27, 07 11:47 AM CDT

      HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

      Crusaders against performance enhancing drugs should lighten up about Human Growth Hormone: In the sports version of the war on drugs, anabolic steroids are heroin and HGH is marijuana, writes Daniel Engber. Studies haven't shown any definitive increase in athletic abilities resulting from taking HGH, and they have minimal harmful side effects. More »

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      drugs  • steroids  • medicine  • sports  • athlete  • human growth hormone  • hormones  • War on Drugs

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