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Breastfeeding is good not only for the baby, but it is also beneficial for the new moms. A new Swedish research published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases shows that women who breastfeed for at least 13 months reduce their chance of rheumatoid arthritis by 50%, compared to those who have never breastfed. Comparati... |
13 May 2008
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Weedkiller was already known to cause reproductive issues in frogs and fish. Now it turns out that atrazine, the second most widely used weedkiller in the U.S., has also been connected to impaired hormonal signaling in human cells, as revealed by a new research made at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF... |
8 May 2008
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We are told that an increased Body Mass Index (BMI) makes us prone to a large array of diseases. But, as it turns out, fat located under the skin, especially on the buttocks, seems to actually decrease the chances of developing type 2 diabetes, as signaled by a new research published in the Cell Metabolism journal an... |
7 May 2008
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This gut-released hormone has already been called "the hunger hormone" but what we must know about it is that ghrelin not only increases appetite, it also makes you perceive food as more appealing, as signaled by a new research published in the Cell Metabolism journal. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of ... |
7 May 2008
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Every woman has her own biological clock, that tic-tac that signals to her that time has come for her to become a mom. That's because sooner or later - and this means from her 30s to her 60 - she will enter menopause, turning sterile. The age at which menopause will set in can be forecast realistically now, as r... |
30 April 2008
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Women's menstrual cycles may be painful, but their muscles are not. Polycystic ovary syndrome (POS) seems to make women better athletes, a Swedish research has revealed. POS leads to either no periods at all or irregular periods, but these symptoms are normal in sportive women and are normally associated in them... |
21 April 2008
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Bad news. Having a big belly seems to mean that you'll have an even bigger one. A new research published in the FASEB Journal and carried out by a team led by Dr. Kaiping Yang at the Lawson Health Research Institute affiliated with the University of Western Ontario shows that abdominal fat tissue synthesizes a h... |
17 April 2008
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Addiction is not just only severe issue with opioid drugs. Opioid drugs have been regarded as the perfect painkillers, but with one price: your sex life. These chemicals vary from morphine and heroin to papaverine, noscapine, cocaine and ephedrine. Their name comes from the fact that opioid drugs bind to specific opi... |
16 April 2008
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Alcohol may boost the libido and remove inhibitions. In the end, this may mean more sex. But there is nothing sexy either in a drunk woman, or in how the alcohol impacts her body. More specifically, her breasts, as revealed by a new research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 2008 Annual Meetin... |
14 April 2008
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In a world where women take more control of their lives, men get more involved in the contraception process. That's why the male pill may not be such a weird issue soon. Hormonal contraception could be a safer, more effective and reversible method of male birth control compared to other methods (like vasectomy, ... |
31 March 2008
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We all start as egg cells. And after being fertilized, based on the information of the sex chromosomes, the new developing organism must turn into a male or a female. A new research published in "Journal of Clinical Investigation" shows that testosterone, the male hormone, is responsible for turning an embryo into a ... |
18 March 2008
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Insects can be masters of disguise. In simple cases, you cannot detect the green grasshopers in the vegetation. But think about the orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) from southeastern Asia, which mimics a pink flower so well that pollinating insects go straight into the killing arms of this predator. The stick inse... |
26 February 2008
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There are men who do not feel men enough. Others love men. And some others feel like a woman. And what about women feeling like a man trapped in a woman's body? Being transsexual is a stressful condition, and sex change operations can bring the desired results or not. A new study published in the "Journal of Cli... |
22 February 2008
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It was a breakthrough when, in September 2007, a research made at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and The Rockefeller University in New York City detected a gene encoding for one odor receptor (of over 400 smell receptors in humans) thought to be a pheromone perceiver.The pheromone androstenone (a der... |
18 February 2008
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Many males have a bad life. We use to say that the male is an appendix of the penis. In octopuses and other cephalopods, the contact of the female with the male is made only with his penis (hectocotylus, represented by the male's eighth arm). In other species, like spiders or praying mantises, males starts to be... |
16 February 2008
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Love is a physiological and physical phenomenon, as the architecture of your brain is altered forever by the love hormone, oxytocin. Oxytocin is released by the brain with every touch, hug, or during the bonding of a mother and her newborn baby, but also of a father and his child. Now, a team at the University of Cal... |
14 February 2008
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Obesity goes far beyond the fatty tissues. A new research published in "Cell Metabolism" shows that the brain nuclei connected to appetite are wired differently in some obese people. "The study was conducted in rats, not humans, and yet it could ultimately lead to novel obesity treatments. It is not just about drugs ... |
6 February 2008
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A hamburger loaded with fats and carbohydrates followed by a fat and sugar rich ice cream are the worst solutions for easing your hunger. In fact, an American team has found in a research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that a high in protein meal seems to be the best solution for keep... |
30 January 2008
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GID (gender identity disorder) can turn life into a hell. The condition is characterized by strong disgust for the body and deep uncertainty over the sense of self. Hiding the condition is the cause for a lot of distress. At puberty, transboys may grow female secondary sex traits, like breasts, and may even have me... |
25 January 2008
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Sex hormones in the womb are known to influence the mind, the fingers and the general development. A new research published in the journal "Arthritis & Rheumatism" has found that women with long ring fingers could have a higher rate of knee arthritis. Normally, women should have index and ring fingers of the same le... |
4 January 2008
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Men are rather irresponsible in what concerns pregnancy. By now, they only have two choices: the condom and vasectomy. But, a new male pill could protect against pregnancy and be devoid of secondary effects on sex drive or long-term effects on a man's fertility. Many women will escape this way of the hormone pil... |
28 December 2007
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Western world is experiencing an obesity pandemics, triggered by high-calorie content food, overeating and sedentariness. A new research published in "The Journal of Neuroscience" and carried on by a team led by Dr. Maribel Rios, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sci... |
28 December 2007
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Women like men that make them laugh, men like women that laugh at their jokes. Now an expert has found an explanation for this: male hormone testosterone. "Men make more gags than women and their jokes tend to be more aggressive," said Professor Sam Shuster, of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. He tested pers... |
21 December 2007
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Being a midget may have produced you a lot of sexual frustration and may have made you wear Prince trade mark hair due and heeled shoes. And neither being lanky proves to be sexy nowadays. In both cases, put it on a damned protein. A new research published in the "Journal of Biological Chemistry", by a team led by ... |
20 December 2007
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Did your beloved sweet honey transform into a tough bitch? Yeah, we all blame it on PMS syndrome or menopause, but contrary to common belief, women were found by numerous studies to be 1.5 to 3 times more exposed to severe depression than men. A new research carried out at the University of Alberta urged for careful... |
18 December 2007
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Despite the fact they look like dying spiders, anorexic women see themselves as little whales. But, the disease goes beyond the morbid appearance: it determines hair loss, dry skin and osteoporosis; nails stop growing and a feeling of being overwhelmed settles in. Menstruation turns irregular and can even disappear f... |
5 December 2007
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Guys, record this, as these f**king hormonal fluctuations in your partners or female colleagues, during menstrual period, pregnancy and perimenopause, embitter your life. A new report, released by the Society for Women's Health Research, warns that normal hormonal transitions can induce in women from mild to sev... |
3 December 2007
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Breasts do not differ only in shape and size. It is much more complicated than that. The tissue of the female breast comprises a mixture of fatty and glandular tissues and also connective tissues, like collagen (support fibrous proteins), ligaments and blood vessels, but the proportion of every breast tissue is diff... |
29 November 2007
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Being overweight or obese does not only ruin your inner systems, but also exposes you to external factors. A new research published in the journal Inhalation Toxicology connected higher body mass index (BMI) with increased sensibility to ozone. Short-term exposure to ozone provokes a temporary lung functioning drop i... |
29 November 2007
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It is clear that being sad and stressed all the time drains your energy. And the reverse is also valid. Even more, a team at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) found in a research published in journal Nature that an antidepressant, mianserin, can prolong life of adult roundworms, Caenorhabditis elegans, by about ... |
23 November 2007
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Humans are social beings by nature. Social isolation in humans has been connected to various mental and physical conditions. A new research carried on lab mice at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has connected the anxiety an... |
19 November 2007
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This is scientifically proven: women, at least in the western world, are getting bigger breasts with each generation. A new report made by Daily Mail states that on average, British women have passed in just 10 years from bra size 34B to 36C. This has forced lingerie companies to come with stocks of GG, H, HH and J-c... |
16 November 2007
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You may say that, in a stable family, children are less exposed to sex imagery and these more protected girls are less prone to early sex. But a new research, published in "Child Development", shows they really turn later from little girls into little women. The research team at the University of Arizona and the Univ... |
16 November 2007
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Lazy bone individuals are slimmer. It is known that people sleeping less are prone to be overweight or obese. But a new research published in the journal Genes and Development has also revealed how orexin, a hormone controlling sleep and hunger, works: it activates a protein, named HIF-1, previously known for its rol... |
15 November 2007
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Could you imagine your life without pumping every day countless amounts of sugar in your body? If not, you should at least know that it can affect your sexuality: high levels of fructose and glucose entering your blood can deactivate the gene controlling the amounts of sex hormones in both men and women, as revealed ... |
10 November 2007
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Sex is more than physical pleasure: it may bring benefits on a long term. Many philosophies plead for total abstinence and preservation of the sexual energy for a prolonged life, but science comes up with another story. In fact, many researches have showed that sex has a rather healing effect, on both psychical and p... |
8 November 2007
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This time, the Japanese did not come out on the market with talking robots or some weird 'tech-wonder'; this is perhaps one of the most unusual inventions. Those Japanese girls chewing gum are in fact saving thousands of dollars meant for breast augmentation surgeries. The Bust-Up gum is a miracle, since yo... |
7 November 2007
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1. Sleep in a comfortable bed, in quiet, dark rooms and places where you feel secure. 2. Don't snooze in the evening, even if the nigh before that you haven't slept well. Try to stay awake and go to the sleep not earlier than 8 o'clock. Maintain the same sleeping hours, as this way your body will keep ... |
1 November 2007
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There should be a worldwide sex ratio of 106 newborn boys to 100 newborn girls. Boys are anyhow more fragile and by puberty, the ratio will be 1:1. Even 1:1 at birth is not good, but when this drops to one boy for each two girls, this is disastrous.This is the case of the Chippewas of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a... |
31 October 2007
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We know that testosterone makes men aggressive and muscular, while female hormones turn women into protecting "mothers" but also more vulnerable to addictions. But a new Yale research shows that it's not all about hormones; genes too are involved in shaping the sex-related behavior and the females' pronenes... |
22 October 2007
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Don't blame it on the age, it's marriage the one that makes a man less…male. Married/father males have been found to have significantly lower testosterone levels, as found by two new studies made at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and led by anthropology professor Peter Gray. These researches ar... |
18 October 2007
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You are familiar with grandma's attempts to get rid of the osteoporosis, facial hair growth and "hot flashes", all linked to menopause, with the help of HRT (hormone therapy) and… next day she is horny. A new research has found that HRT therapy employed to ease menopause symptoms causes a 44% rise in sexual driv... |
25 September 2007
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Besides the face, which is the first thing you notice on a newly met person? It's his/her voice. Apart from the face or facial expression, the voice is the most important signal whether the person is friend or foe, bland or tough, hot or disgusting. And the physical appearance may offer clues to his/her sexualit... |
6 September 2007
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No estrogen is more than fertility loss in females: they can turn demented. Later in life. Women with their ovaries removed and not getting extra estrogen are prone to high risk of cognitive impairment or dementia in later life. This is opposite to the results of a 2004 research made at the Women's Health Initia... |
5 September 2007
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Kind, aggressive, horny or erratic. It's all on your hormones. But if you think that being smart is just an issue regarding neurons, you're wrong: it is also about hormones. Recent researches show the hormone oxytocin boosts at least one cognitive skill: penetrating inside the mind of the others. Because hu... |
31 August 2007
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If a babe does not match your aesthetic principles, don't blame her for that, but put it on the play between her brain and her sexual hormones. And indeed, menopause can make women fat.A new research managed to solve how hormonal change during menopause could provoke higher appetite and weight gain in aging wome... |
31 August 2007
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Practicing sports periodically, even if this means going up the stairs instead of using the elevator or leaving the car for the bike means more than fighting diseases. Sports also improves memory and learning. Researches found more neurons in the hypothalamus nucleus (involved in memory) of the sports-practicing indi... |
22 August 2007
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The bachelor status could make you proud, but will make your life shorter. A team of psychologists at University of Chicago tracked down social loneliness and its physical effects, connected with aging, right down to the cell level. The scientists found that even if loneliness could be mild and unnoticeable in early ... |
20 August 2007
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For many women who wrongly starve to maintain their body contour, pregnancy is the best mental motivation for unleashing their obsession for food and start pigging out with all kinds of crap. But a new research made at the Royal Veterinary College, London, has shown that eating junk food, rich in fat, sugars and salt... |
15 August 2007
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Pigging out may seem a mental state. But some people really lack a 'lid' to their stomach. This "lid" was found to be leptin, a hormone already involved in regulating appetite. A new research links leptin to food craving, shedding light on the way the brain controls the appetite and, ultimately, the roots o... |
13 August 2007
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