Hormonal: How Hormones Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, and Make Us Wiser

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Hormonal acne (adult acne): Hormonal acne (adult acne) develops when hormonal changes increase the amount of oil your skin produces. This is especially common during pregnancy, menopause and for people who are taking testosterone therapy. If you have lower-than-normal hormone levels, the main treatment is hormone replacement therapy. Depending on which hormone is deficient, you may take oral medication (pills) or injection medication. Your adrenal glands, also known as suprarenal glands, are small, triangle-shaped glands that are located on top of each of your two kidneys. This book is well written, funny, and informative. Professor Haselton is excellent at explaining what her research means for you and me while maintaining scientific rigor. The one thing I missed was an apparent response to the arguments put forth by Cordelia Fine in her book “Delusions of Gender” who convincingly argues that hormones play a minor role (although she never says that the effects are non-existent). Thyroid disease, including hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone levels) and hyperthyroidism (high thyroid hormone levels).

Humans, like other animals, are biological creatures and our behavior in any given situation is determined by our biology in combination with the situational factors. This is a fundamental fact, yet even today many seem to think that biology doesn't matter – that we are products exclusively of nurture. Some even get offended by the suggestion that hormones affect not only muscle mass and reproductive cycles but also our behavior. This book is an antidote to such nonsense!

Each hormone-related condition can have several different possible causes. In general, the main conditions or situations that cause hormone imbalances include: Darwinian feminism respects our biology and fully explores it. Women have the right to understand the history (herstory?) including the evolutionary history that has shaped our bodies and minds. We need better information about our biological and hormonal natures.” Your liver is an essential organ and gland, performing hundreds of functions necessary to sustain life. It’s considered part of your digestive system, but also produces hormones, including: Pituitary adenomas: Pituitary adenomas can cause an imbalance in any of the hormones your pituitary gland makes. For example, pituitary adenomas are the most common cause of acromegaly (excess growth hormone in adults). Anthony W. Norman received his A.B. from Oberlin College in 1959, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1961 and 1963, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Following postdoctoral work in Paul D. Boyer’s group at UCLA, in 1964 he joined the Department of Biochemistry at University of California, Riverside, as an Assistant Professor. From 1976 to 1981 he served as Chair of the department and currently holds a Presidential Chair and is a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Norman has also been active for some 25 years in medical education on the UC-Riverside campus and at UCLA through participation in the UR/UCLA Program in Biomedical Sciences, of which he was Dean and Director from 1986 to 1991.

Your gut (gastrointestinal tract) is the long, connected tube that starts at your mouth and ends at your anus. It’s responsible for digestion. Scientists are currently studying the hormones that your gut makes and their effects. These hormones include: Irregular menstruation (periods), caused by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), amenorrhea and anovulation. Because your body makes over 50 different hormones — all of which contribute to important bodily functions — you could experience several different symptoms depending on which hormonal imbalance you have. It’s important to know that many of the following symptoms could be caused by other conditions, not just from a hormonal imbalance. If you ever notice a change in your day-to-day health and are experiencing new, persistent symptoms, it’s important to talk to your healthcare provider — no matter what you think the cause might be. Hormone imbalance symptoms that affect your metabolismYour body uses hormones for two types of communication. The first type is communication between two endocrine glands: One gland releases a hormone, which stimulates another gland to change the levels of hormones that it’s releasing. An example of this is the communication between your pituitary gland and thyroid. Your pituitary gland releases thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which triggers your thyroid gland to release its hormones, which then affect various aspects of your body.

So Hormonal is a collection of personal essays detailing the various roles that hormones play in our daily lives. With over 30 authors from almost a dozen countries, this anthology strikes a balance between raw truths, tough challenges, and improbable elation. The final chapter was the most interesting to me. Perhaps this is simply because reproduction (and “baby-making” as the author insists on calling it, causing me inexplicable cringe) isn’t particularly relevant to me as a 22 year old just starting her career and at least several years off affording a property. Dispelling myths and misconceptions around contraception is massively important and interesting and I’m not entirely sure why the author didn’t lead with that. Pheochromocytoma: A pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor that forms in the middle of one or both of your adrenal glands (adrenal medulla). The tumor is made of a certain type of cell called chromaffin cells, which produce and release certain hormones. They’re usually benign but can be cancerous. Which, is where evolution comes into conflict with political progressivism. We normally think of politics that dislikes evolution as being a feature of the right, and so it can be in many cases. But, to suggest that our evolutionary past (writ into our very DNA, and the molecules like hormones that DNA provides the templates for) can bias or even limit our behavior, can bring a strong (dare I say 'visceral') negative reaction from progressives. It's apparent from (for example) Haselton's treatment of hormone therapy for menopausal women vs. her treatment of hormone therapy for adolescent transgendered, that she is situated somewhere left of center. But, to her credit, she is willing to stake her academic career on an essentially Darwinian topic; in the introduction she says, "I want to argue for a new breed of feminism, a new Darwinian feminism".Many health conditions that involve hormonal imbalances, such as diabetes and thyroid disease, require medical treatment. Parental investment theory - The sex that is required to invest more time and effort in bringing up children and that is biologically limited in number of children they can have will be selective in choosing their mate) Diabetes: In the United States, the most common endocrine (hormone-related) condition is diabetes. In diabetes, your pancreas doesn’t make any or enough of the hormone insulin or your body doesn’t use it properly. There are several different kinds of diabetes. The most common are Type 2 diabetes, Type 1 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Diabetes requires treatment. Cushing’s syndrome: While it’s not as common of a symptom, Cushing’s syndrome (excess cortisol) can cause anxiety, as well as depression and irritability.