hormone
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Women have a monthly barometer of their hormone health with the menstrual cycle, described by Keay as a "free monthly medical check".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
"In order to have healthy hormones, they need to be fed regularly. If you're not doing that and there's an energy deficit, often some of those hormone systems will slow down or shut down completely."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Without this hormone, their skin cells began behaving more like those in females.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Located deep within the brain, this small but essential control center helps regulate hunger, body temperature, hormone production, and the daily cycle of sleeping and waking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Jam rubbed her upper arm as they stepped outside after the movie; the theater had been chilly, and sometimes the hormone implant in her arm ached when she got cold.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
By identifying how sex hormones influence stem cell activity, the new research provides a possible explanation for some of these observations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
These substances act much like local hormones, helping regulate essential functions throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Later, Hannah said, attention turned towards the possibility that hormones could be responsible.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"So many teenagers, it's put down to hormones and unfortunately they said they see it every day."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“But if there’re all these deities, why don’t they help? Why leave it up to, as you said, a bundle of hormones and incompetence?”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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