Oxytocin, produced by the hypothalamus and sometimes known as the "love hormone" for its involvement in pair bonding and orgasm, can be a strong ally in the control and prevention of osteoporosis, according to a study by ...
Aug 10, 2020
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A new study found that two-thirds of female adolescents ages 16-21 seen in a pediatric Emergency Department (ED) were interested in discussing contraception, despite having a high rate of recent visits to a primary care provider. ...
Mar 9, 2020
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A rise in the level of the male hormone testosterone significantly boosts young physically active women's capacity to run for longer, reveals the first study of its kind, published online in the British Journal of Sports ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Males are straightforward while females are complicated. This false dichotomy prompted a decades-long exclusion of female animals from research out of fear that their fluctuating hormone levels will muddle the data. But now ...
Sep 11, 2019
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In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report.
Sep 11, 2019
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A review of more than 100 studies suggests that balancing hormone levels may reverse factors that increase heart disease risk in some female athletes. The review is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Heart ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Is sexism getting in the way of good science?
May 31, 2019
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According to 60 years of scientific research, when rats are scared, they freeze. Or at least, the male rats do.
May 31, 2019
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(HealthDay)—You're a 14-year-old transgender boy who has opted to block normal female puberty before it can begin.
Feb 28, 2019
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By age 60, one in three American women have had a hysterectomy. Though hysterectomy is a prevalent and routine surgery, the removal of the uterus before natural menopause might actually be problematic for cognitive processes ...
Dec 6, 2018
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