Tuesday 18 November 2008

What Are Hormones

Consider how
hormone therapy is used with some people, especially postmenopausal women, those who have had
hysterectomies and men or women undergoing sex reassignment surgery, where hormones are
administered regularly to alleviate undesirable symptoms or to achieve desired physical
results.  The birth control pill, as another example, is a low dose hormone that makes the body
believe it is already pregnant.

No comments:

Post a Comment

To what degree were the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Japan successful in regards to their efforts in economic mobilization during the...

This is an enormous question that can't really be answered fully in this small space. But a few generalizations can be made. Bo...