According to scientists, women and men are able in fact send and receive subconscious odor signals to each other. Actually, women and men can communicate unconsciously through very specific chemical signals called pheromones (phero-mones). Some people call them...
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is the hormone which is produced during pregnancy – it is a wonderful indicator of a pregnancy. Human chorionic gonadotropin is produced by cells formed in the placenta right when implantation first takes place. Human chorionic...
Unfortunately women are much more likely having sleep problems. According to scientists, women sleeping disorders are connected to female hormones. During reproductive period of life women experience monthly hormonal fluctuations and in addition, women have periods of...
Melatonin (pineal gland hormon, PGH) is a natural hormone produced in the brain – it is pretty powerful antioxidant and, at the same time, it is very important regulator of cancer driving hormones (estrogen, growth factors). Thanks to several scientific...
In general women have a higher risk of experiencing sleep disorders and women are twice as likely to have difficulties falling asleep than men – women suffer from sleep disorders more often. There is a correlation between sleep disorders and women hormones. Main...
QUESTION Is it true that ovarian hormones play important role in nicotine addiction? What is correlation between ovarian hormones and smoking? ANSWER from experts Unfortunately despite the valuable progress in the fight against smoking and nicotine addiction over the...
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone created during the early part of pregnancy. The hCG production plays a critical role in the pregnancy development. Human chorionic gonadotropin is responsible for: prevention the disintegration of the corpus luteum;...
The female menstrual cycle is determined by a complex interaction of hormones. The predominant hormones involved in the menstrual cycle are gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estrogen, and progesterone....
The Endocrine Cycle and the Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle The interplay between pituitary and ovarian hormones gives rise to a stereotyped pattern of hormone levels during the menstrual cycle. The graph below shows relative hormone levels in an average 28-day...
In XX century was discover the phenomenon – synchronized periods of women living in close quarters tend to synchronize. This phenomenon has been observed in women living together. It has been found in room-mates, close friends, lesbian couples and most strongly...
Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) is a member of the transforming growth factor ß family of growth and differentiation factors. In the ovary, AMH has an inhibitory effect on primordial follicle recruitment as well as on the responsiveness of growing follicles to...
Prolactin (PRL) also known as luteotropic hormone (LTH) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRL gene. Prolactin is a peptide hormone discovered by Dr. Henry Friesen, primarily associated with lactation. In breastfeeding, the act of an infant suckling the...
Progesterone (P4) is a female sex hormone that plays an important physiological role in menstrual cycle – it regularize and rebuild changes to the body caused by estrogen as well as in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Progesterone is a principal female...
Testosterone (“T”) is a male hormone (androgen) which is found in low levels in the female body. It is a steroid produced in ovaries, adrenal gland and from conversion of other steroid hormones (such as androstenedione and dehydroepiandrosterone –...
Female hormones produced by the ovaries called estrogens. Estrogen is one of the main sex hormones in the body. It is mainly produced by the ovaries, but can be produced in men and women by other tissues like fat tissue, the brain and the reproductive organs. There...
