Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual his
Aroused the history of hormones and how they control just about everything
โ Scribed by Epstein, Randi Hutter
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The fat bride -- Hormones . . . as we may call them -- Pickled brains -- Killer hormones -- The virile vasectomy -- Soul mates in sex hormones -- Making gender -- Growing up -- Measuring the immeasurable -- Growing pains -- Hotheads : the mysteries of menopause -- Testosterone endopreneurs -- Oxytocin : got that lovin' feeling -- Transitioning -- Insatiable : the hypothalamus and obesity
โฆ Subjects
Geschichte;Hormon;Hormones--history;Hormones--physiology;Hormones -- history;Hormones -- physiology
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