hormone
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The thing about cortisol is that it’s more than a stress hormone.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Laughing lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"It was only me... I joined the dots and it was transformational to start hormone replacement therapy and literally come back to life."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Ultra-processed food triggers dopamine, the pleasure hormone, which promotes craving. Food companies work with scientists to find just the right amount of sugar, salt, and fat that make you want to eat more and more."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The physiological effect of DDD is probably unique among insecticides, for it destroys part of the adrenal gland — the cells of the outer layer known as the adrenal cortex, which secretes the hormone cortin.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The findings also reveal how hormones and nerve signals work together to influence this response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
But the program helped where my cocktail of hormones couldn’t, giving me tools and practices to quiet my mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Signals can travel between the gut and brain through immune activity, hormones, nerves, and chemical compounds produced by microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
They brought us chicken, but it tasted strange, probably from the hormones injected to make the birds fatter.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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