| Carnal Can men marry if they have ovaries? | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:59:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | Recent efforts to pass amendments that define marriage as a union between a "man" and a "woman" are going to run into more than just political opposition. Scientists are contending there's no clear definition of the gender divide. There are at least seven definitions, but not everyone qualifies as male or female across the board, says Galdino Pranzarone, a psychologist at Roanoke College who has argued against marriage amendments on the editorial pages of the Roanoke Times. Some people are born with a mix of male and female characteristics. The incidence of intersex births is between one in 1,000 to one in 2,500, says Pranzarone. "That's a lot of people." Alice Dreger, part of the medical humanities and bioethics faculty at Northwestern University, has also written on the flaws of the "one man and one woman" equation.... | |
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| | | Forget dieting. I'm watching my hormones | | Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:58:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | I got up early and went for a run. When I got home, I ate a bowl of muesli. On the way to work, I had a meandering cellphone conversation with a girlfriend who entertained me with stories of her nutty family. I sat down at my desk feeling relaxed and engaged, but by the end of the day that feeling had dissipated. I went home irritable. Why was the place always such a mess? Why did I eat that pizza at lunch? My head was suddenly filled with lists of unbought presents and thoughts of how my life would be, should be, could be . . . I had a glass of wine and felt much better. But over dinner my companion and I had a minor disagreement based on a previous miscommunication. Fortunately, we patched things up and joked about whose turn it was to control the remote. Then I turned in early while he stayed up and looked at golf clubs on the Internet.... | |
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| | | A Balancing Act: Hormones and the Skin | | Posted Monday, July 31, 2006 6:59:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | Throughout her life, a woman may blame many things on her hormones: unpredictable emotions, weight gain and even changes in her skin, hair and nails. These changes occur as the levels of hormones in the body increase and decrease, or if any abnormalities in hormone levels occur. A dermatologist can provide treatment options which can address the changes that occur during a woman's lifetime. Speaking today at ACADEMY '06, the American Academy of Dermatology's summer scientific meeting, dermatologist Margaret E. Parsons, M.D., F.A.A.D., assistant clinical professor at the University of California at Davis in Sacramento, Calif., discussed how the fluctuations in hormones can affect the skin, hair and nails. Puberty and Hormones Acne typically first appears during adolescence and can persist well into adulthood.... | |
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