A woman is a cycling being, not a being at the mercy of a cycle.
— Leslie C. Botha
During a recent radio program, one of Leslie’s callers asked her a simple, yet extremely profound question. “OK, I get that I am being effected every month by my hormone cycle. NOW WHAT?”
I thought Leslie’s suggestions were so [...]
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
I was doing some research for a fiend whose child had just been “diagnosed” Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by a school nurse who suggested drug therapy. My first thought was a Kindergarten version of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’…dazed and compliant preschoolers.
In the past decade, ADHD, ”Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a neurobehavioral [...]
High levels of the “hunger hormone” ghrelin have an antidepressant effect, US researchers claim.
Blocking the body’s response to ghrelin has been suggested as a weight loss treatment but it may also produce unintended effects on mood, they said.
The Nature Neuroscience study found mice with increased levels of the hormone showed fewer signs of depression and [...]
Monkeys Under Stress More Likely to Binge on Banana Chips
Many believe the worst day at work can be curbed by inhaling a big tub of ice cream, but now scientists have found new evidence suggesting that bingeing isn’t our fault — it’s biology.
A new study shows that bingeing when stressed might be biological.
Researchers studying the [...]
According to a University of Michigan study, estrogen appears to be the critical factor in what motivates women to be competitive—very similarly to how testosterone makes men aggressive.
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