Kisspeptin stimulates sex hormone in infertile women

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - It may be time for men to split the contraceptive burden with women, for Scottish scientists have come up with a new 'Pill' that drastically reduces sperm count in men. Professor Richard Anderson, from Edinburgh University, is on the look out for men willing to try the revolutionary hormone injections, containing progesterone and testosterone, to be given in the bum every two months.

October 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Housework gives a person the same joy as his or her first kiss, says a new UK study. According to the study of 2,000 Britons, who were quizzed by cleaning materials firm Vileda, cleaning 20 minutes a day produces the same level of feel-good­hormone serotonin as a new love.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - A naturally present chemical in men's sweat may act as a primitive love potion that increases their attractiveness in women's eyes, says a new study. The substance is derived from the male sex hormone testosterone.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - A large number of Indian farmers are using the 'love hormone' oxytocin, also known as "cuddle chemical", to boost the growth of pumpkins and cucumbers. However, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture is adamant on banning the practice, as "indiscriminate use of oxytocin may cause health hazards if taken through vegetables over a period of time".

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - While female orgasm has been the subject of so many myths and folk beliefs, scientists are trying their best to know more about the mystery behind the phenomenon. And now, after some intense field research, a team of experts have uncovered six facts about the female orgasm, as revealed by modern science, reports New Scientist magazine.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - While female orgasm has been the subject of so many myths and folk beliefs, scientists are trying their best to know more about the mystery behind the phenomenon. And now, after some intense field research, a team of experts have uncovered six facts about the female orgasm, as revealed by modern science, reports New Scientist magazine.

May 8th, 2009 LONDON - An artificial ovary grown in lab by researchers at the Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, has been able to turn an immature egg into one that is ready to be fertilised. Lead researchers Sandra Carson and Stephan Krotz had created the artificial ovary using slivers of ovarian tissue.

April 24th, 2009 SYDNEY - Many women are avoiding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and are trying out 'alternative' and untested menopause treatments that could be dangerous, say researchers. That's the finding of a review carried out by Australian researchers led by the University of Adelaide.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - Excessive hairiness can be more than just a cosmetic problem, but women shouldn't feel helpless because of it. British doctors have warned that hirsutism is likely to be a sign of an underlying medical condition.

April 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Active young women who use oral contraceptives (OC) may be setting back their muscle gains, according to a study. 'We were surprised at the magnitude of differences in muscle gains between the two groups, with the non-OC women gaining more than 60 percent greater muscle mass than their OC counterpart,' the researchers said.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - The so-called 'love hormone' oxytocin, which is linked to a mother's tender feelings for her child and long-term devotion between partners, can play a crucial role in picking Mr (or Ms) Right, say researchers. A new study has found that men and women who smell a whiff of oxytocin rate strangers as more attractive.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - Unlike men, women do not engage in risky financial decisions when given testosterone, Swedish researchers have shown. Although earlier studies have found correlations between testosterone levels and risky behaviour in men, including one that found that male securities traders with more testosterone in their saliva made riskier financial decisions, the latest study has suggested that women are a safer pair of hands on the stock-market trading floor than men when given the hormone.

March 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Genes from fireflies and jellyfish are virtually shedding light on possible causes of infertility and auto-immune diseases in humans. Auto-immune diseases are those in which something goes wrong with your immune system and it attacks healthy cells and tissues and makes you sick.

January 28th, 2009 TORONTO - Omega-3s ease distress and depressive symptoms in menopausal and perimenopausal women, according to a new study. Michel Lucas, Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine and colleagues recruited 120 women aged between 40 and 55 and divided them into two groups.

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.