Ingestion of sugar sends testosterone levels down

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - Flirting with a pretty woman is a mouth-watering prospect for men - literally. That's the conclusion of a new study, which found that blokes feel good while flirting with an attractive lady, reports The Daily Express.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Does your man drives a little too fast and doesn't care much about traffic rules? Well, then take a close look at his ring finger. A new research has said that men with long ring fingers are more likely to drive too fast, overtake on dangerous roads and park illegally.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON - Men with high testosterone levels are more likely to have multiple wives, according to a new study. They also give less attention to their kids.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women with high testosterone levels are more likely to make risky career choices, according to a new study. Previous studies have shown that testosterone enhances competitiveness and dominance, reduces fear, and is associated with risky behaviours like gambling and alcohol use.

August 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - More than 50 percent of sugar mills in Pakistan are owned by political leaders, and despite this fact, sugar prices in the country have sky rocketed in the recent past, increasing problems for the people, especially in the month of Ramazan. According to sources, there are 78 sugar mills in the country and the political leaders or their relatives or partners own more than 50 per cent of these factories.

August 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The reason behind the increase in visceral fat, more commonly called belly fat, in middle-aged women is not age, but the change in hormone balance that occurs during the menopause transition, say researchers at Rush University Medical Center. "Of all the factors we analyzed that could possibly account for the increase in visceral fat during this period in a woman's lifetime, levels of active testosterone proved to be the one most closely linked with abdominal fat," said Imke Janssen, PhD, assistant professor of preventive medicine and the study's lead investigator.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - A team of German scientists has found the secret of sexual success for flying foxes. They found that males with relatively high levels of testosterone in their blood are better able to maintain their 'harem' of choosy females.

August 13th, 2009 KARACHI - Sugar prices in Pakistan have hit an all time high of 52 rupees per kilogram. The prime reason behind the sudden steep rise in the price of one of the most important daily commodity is a calculated strategy chalked out by major players of the sugar industry with help from important government personalities.

June 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research has determined that new crops would be needed to be grown in the future if carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continue to rise. Global food security in a changing climate depends on the nutritional value and yield of staple food crops.

May 9th, 2009 FDA: Kids at risk from testosterone gelWASHINGTON — A little testosterone might be good for adults, but it can cause serious harm to children, federal health officials warned Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration said adults using prescription testosterone gel must be extra careful not to get any of it on children to avoid causing serious side effects.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Injectable testosterone could be the way to male contraception, that is effective, reversible, and minus serious short-term side-effects, according to a new study. 'For couples who can not, or prefer not to, use only female-oriented contraception, options have been limited to vasectomy, condom and withdrawal,' said Yi-Qun Gu, National Research Institute for Family Planning (NRIFP) in Beijing.

March 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Men with ring fingers longer than their index fingers run faster, due to testosterone levels, says a new study. Researchers from Southampton University have linked finger-length ratios to a host of things good and bad, from fertility and disease vulnerability to test scores and personality traits.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that steroid doping tests currently used in international sport are 'not fit for purpose' because they ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity. According to the World Anti-Doping Agency, testosterones, and other hormones that boost testosterone levels, are commonly used as illicit performance enhancers in a number of sports.

January 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Could a dab of testosterone gell revive flagging libidos in post-menopausal women? Researchers are testing LibiGel, dubbed the 'pink Viagra' on 3,500 women at 50 US locations, under phase III of the clinical trials, a report in Albuquerque Journal quoting Frederick Snoy, a lead investigator at one of the sites, said. In another study, researchers are enlisting women between the ages of 30 and 65, complaining of lower libido post-surgical menopause (hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries), and recipients of estrogen replacement therapy.

December 25th, 2008 WASHINGTON - Researchers have busted six popular myths associated with holidays, yet relevant round the year. The myths: sugar makes kids hyperactive; suicides increase over the holidays; poinsettias are toxic; you lose most of your body heat through your head; eating at night makes you fat; you can cure a hangover.