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hormone tampering

Fast Food Joints Add Hormone to Food That Makes You Want to Eat More

When you ingest a stomach hormone called ghrelin it causes your brain to respond to food the way junkies respond to drugs. You are filled with an intense desire for it, and eating it becomes far more memorable. Researchers at Montreal's McGill University studied people's reactions to food after they had ingested ghrelin, and discovered that it made them crave whatever food they were shown in pictures — even if they had just eaten. Drugs that tamper with ghrelin are just around the corner. More »

10:52 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,956 views, 36 comments

Latest by n/a: I wonder if those folks with Prader-Willie (genetic syndrome that causes nervous system problems and an insatiable appetite) actually suffer from a glut of ghrelin? Especially since their bodies are out of whack to being with. more »

american gladiators

Posthuman Mutants Penalized for Evolving on "American Gladiators"

American Gladiators returned to the airwaves this season, bringing us one step closer to reality television featuring amped up posthumans beating the ever-loving crap out of normal folks with real weapons. While the Gladiators are using padded Nerf-esque weapons now, we can only hope that later they'll be given bladed weapons and clubs to attract more viewers. Yesterday NBC announced that they've been testing all of the gladiators for steroid usage. Why are they persecuting these innocent pharmaceutical cyborgs, who are only trying to evolve? More »

10:40 AM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,152 views, 21 comments

Latest by jspaceman: It's worth watching just for Crush. Toa is kinda cool, too, being the Rock's cousin and yelling at contenders in Samoan and all. My ex-football coach dad has a problem with the fact that 230-250-lb roided-up-or-not Gladiators are going after 160-180-lb more »

biopunk crime

Crackdown on Black Market Hormones

Hormones are the new recreational drugs, helping you maintain that zippy youthful feeling even into your 60s and letting you grow cool secondary sex characteristics your own hormones won't. For those reasons, estrogen is one of the hottest black market hormones. Menopausal women and transsexuals denied estrogen therapy by doctors are buying it from shady operators who make roll-your-own mixes of the hormone and don't warn about the side-effects of estrogen supplements (such as blood clots, stroke, and migraines). Now the FDA is pushing pharmacies to stop carrying the drugs, often called "bioidentical hormone replacement therapy," and trying to prevent Web sites from selling them. [PhysOrg]

7:20 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Annalee Newitz
444 views, 7 comments

Latest by Jamie: No transsexual who has done any research would use "bioidentical" hormones anyway. They don't work right for our needs; natural estrogen is the only way to go. There are conflicting schools of thoughts on taking antiandrogens or t-blockers; there are some more »