Natural spearmint infusion might inhibit male hormones, reducing libido in men but helping women reduce abnormal hair growth. Phytotherapy Research – Women with hirsutism grow hair on their faces, breasts and stomachs. The hair grows in this uncommon fashion because they have abnormally high levels of the ‘masculinising’ androgen hormones. Androgens travel around the body [...]

Vasectomy breeches the protective barrier between the blood and the testes, which may lead to anti-sperm antibodies that attack brain cells. Northwestern University – Researchers have discovered men with an unusual form of dementia have a higher rate of vasectomy than men the same age who are cognitively normal. The dementia is Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), [...]

An ahead of print epub of a study with rats by S Chalon of the Universite Francois-Rabelais de Tours, France reveals that a diet seriously deficient in omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids during gestation and lactation was associated with alterations in the brain pool of serotonin and dopamine, and that attempting to correct the deficiency in lactation did [...]