Let’s talk about sex ba-by! Or rather sex hormones (and you’re welcome for getting that old Salt-n-Pepa song stuck in your head!). There are three groups of sex hormones that are produced in the ovaries, testes, and adrenal gland: The Progestogens, the Androgens, and the Estrogens. Cholesterol gets a bad wrap, but actually it is very important in our bodies: from cholesterol Progestogens are … [Read more...]
Autism-Associated Gene Expression Regulated by Sex Hormones
There is quite a lot that is still unknown about the etiology of autism – just how much of it precisely is due to genetics and how much of it is influenced by other factors, or even the timeline of prenatal changes that are necessary to develop the postnatal neurodevelopment disorders commonly seen. There can be such a vast difference between a person who is barely on the spectrum … [Read more...]
Women’s Triphasic Reproductive Hormones Shaped Human Evolution
Holy Hormones Honey! The following is a profound passage from the late Leonard Shlain's book, Sex Time and Power. The book should be read by every woman. Shlain also contends, women essentially invented the concept of time due to their experience of menses. How different women's lives would be with this type of understanding. Schlain's theory is intertwined with my theory that I call "Female … [Read more...]
BPA Affects Hormones in Men
Med Page Today By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: August 25, 2010 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner Increased exposure to a chemical common to food and drink packaging predicted higher testosterone levels in men, suggesting the … [Read more...]
The Men-strual cycle? - YOU MUST BE KIDDING!
BNET August 10, 2010 I've always been sceptical when experts say men go through their own versions of female conditions such as the menopause or PMS. Yes, men may experience depression or mood swings at certain periods in their life but that doesn't mean we should look for similarities to female hormonal conditions. For a start, there's little evidence that men's testosterone … [Read more...]
MEN DONT HAVE PERIODS…. But they have a CYCLE….
Freedom to Heal The Male Hormonal Cycle Margarita R. Ochoa-Maya August 15, 2010 The female hormonal cycle is a function of a highly evolved chemical feedback loop between the pituitary gland and the ovaries and uterus. If conception does not occur after ovulation, 14 days later, the uterus ‘sheds’ its lining in the form of a period, and a new cycle starts all over again. This cycle … [Read more...]
New therapy for the male menopause
Watch out men - it is now your turn for your hormonal shifts to be turned into a syndrome. Telegraph United Kingdom James Le Fanu Published: 7:00AM BST 09 Aug 2010 THE ELEXIR of life may be as elusive as ever, but for men there is the tantalising possibility of chemical rejuvenation with the sex hormone testosterone. "Many physical and behavioural changes of ageing are … [Read more...]
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