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‘Pink Viagra’ Boon or Bust for Equal Rights?
While pharmaceutical companies battle to end desire discrepancy, some feminists fear the medicalization of not being in the mood.
The Sugar High Jump
The results of a new study point to placebos as the perfect performance-enhancing drug: Athletes performed better on a high-jump test after unknowingly “doping” with sugar pills.
The Perfect Performance-Enhancing Drug -- Placebos
An Australian researcher today showed that athletes who believe they're taking synthetic human growth hormone, but are instead taking placebos, can actually become stronger.
Obesity Researchers May Need Jaws Wired Shut
Journalists at this week's gathering in San Francisco of experts on the hormonal system might be excused for believing they'd stumbled into a bookstore's fad diet section.
A Prophylactic for Free Speech?
Re-emergent STDs lead some to call for restrictions on gay hookup Web sites.