Hormones

  • WTF of the day: Women's hormones increase cavities?

    You might assume bad teeth are a result of candy or poor hygiene. But could it be too much estrogen?
    By Abby Margulies October 15, 2008

  • A new form of birth control

    If homosexuality is determined by prenatal hormones, is there a way to force your fetus to be straight?
    By Catherine Price June 19, 2008

  • The hormone-replacement roller coaster

    Is HRT just a cure for the natural aging of the female body?
    By Carol Lloyd April 19, 2007

  • Hysterics over Pelosi in a hijab

    Plus, New Mexico bill mandating HPV vaccine to be vetoed.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory April 4, 2007

  • Are you there, God? Can you put off my period?

    Hormonal implants may help delay early-onset puberty.
    By Lynn Harris December 30, 2005

  • My hormones and my husband

    When I am in the throes of PMS everything I have never quite liked about him gathers an inch south of my belly button.
    By Sheri Cooper September 25, 2002

  • Cipro: It's what's for dinner

    While Tom Ridge is busy figuring out how to keep terrorists from slipping unwanted chemicals into your food and water, the beef and poultry industries are doing just that on a daily basis.
    By Arianna Huffington February 14, 2002

  • Delayed reaction

    Ken Baker talks about how almost being a woman for more than 20 years is making him a better man now.
    By David Tuller March 7, 2001

  • I'm no Heidi

    I felt happy rather than traumatized when I was told that my breasts were beginning to develop.
    By Tracy Quan February 20, 2001

  • Stress

    Act more like a zebra and it won't kill you.
    By Robert Burton, M.D. March 20, 2000

  • Re-heat after me

    Hollywood's favorite girl-gripe is back! Also: Dino De Laurentiis gets cranky about Clarice; Chrissie Hynde's gonna use her knife; and Paul MCartney shakes his bootie on the bar at Hogs and Heifers.
    By Amy Reiter March 13, 2000

  • Are we asking the right questions about hormones?

    Medical research depends on knowing what you're looking for.
    By Robert Burton, M.D. February 28, 2000

  • She loves me, she loves me not

    In an exhaustive -- and exhausting -- book on motherhood, anthropologist Sara Blaffer Hrdy breaks some big news: There is no such thing as maternal instinct.
    By Susan Caba December 9, 1999

  • Celibacy bites

    Janeane cops feels; Rodney's pop heals; and at the Gary Coleman auction, collector plates a steal!
    By Amy Reiter November 17, 1999

  • Hair today, gone tomorrow

    Bowl cut Dole? Why a different style might've helped. Larry King and Jennifer Love Hewitt on repetitive motion; Diana Ross on excessive emotion; and why the "Friends" got a loser promotion.
    By Amy Reiter October 22, 1999

  • Raging hormones

    When I gave birth at nearly 40, I never considered the fact that 12 years later my son and I would both be having hot flashes.
    By Celeste Fremon January 25, 1999

  • Raging hormones

    There are still plenty of dull sex books for kids with organ diagrams that resemble bus maps of Rome. But there are also some honest, respectful books that tell kids what they really want to know.
    By Polly Shulman May 13, 1998
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