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New male contraceptive does not involve hormones

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A team of researchers at a company called Contraline has developed a new kind of male contraceptive. Instead of using hormones to disrupt sperm production, the new technique involves placing a hydrogel called ADAM into the vas deferens to prevent sperm from making its way to the urethra.

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Study finds same small rise in breast cancer risk in many forms of hormonal birth control

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Pills, patches, implants, and injections — the various forms of hormonal birth control have different formulations and doses of estrogen, progestin, or both. The analysis found that most forms of hormonal birth control, regardless of their formulation, seem to confer roughly the same, small increase to breast cancer risk.

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Stress hormone reduces altruistic behavior in empathetic people

Scienmag

The stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behavior and alters activity in brain regions linked to social decision making — but only in people who are better at imagining others’ mental states, according to new research published in JNeurosci. Credit: Schulreich et al., JNeurosci 2022.

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Alzheimer’s Is More Common in Women, And This May Help Explain Why

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Yet researchers have suspected there could be more to the story. Now two new studies raise the possibility of complex interactions between hormones and […]

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For The First Time, Scientists Showed Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation

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The constant ebb and flow of hormones that guide the menstrual cycle don’t just affect reproductive anatomy. Led by neuroscientists Elizabeth Rizor and Viktoriya Babenko of the University of California Santa Barbara, a team of researchers tracked 30 women […]

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Hormone discovery could predict long-term health of men

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Researchers have discovered the vital role of a hormone, which develops in men during puberty, in providing an early prediction of whether they could develop certain diseases in later life.

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Stress hormone during pregnancy may improve early language development in children

Medical Xpress

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol during the third trimester of pregnancy may improve speech and language skills in the first three years of a child's life, according to research to be presented May 13 at the 25th European Congress of Endocrinology in Istanbul.