News tagged with hormonal differences

Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain

Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Health benefits of physical activity more pronounced in women

Many experimental studies have found that physical exercise can improve cholesterol levels and subsequently decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease; however, few of these studies have included enough participant diversity ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neurobiologist proposes 'The end of sex as we once knew it'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women are not from Venus any more than men are from Mars. But even though both sexes are perfectly terrestrial beings, they are not lacking in other differences. And not only in their reproductive organs ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4