HealthCentral.com - series of complex chemical steps in the skin cells. This process may be affected by heredity, heat, trauma, solar or ionizing radiation, heavy metals, and other factors. Pigment production and distribution in the body is regulated in part by hormones

Stem-Cell Fast Food: From NASA to Nourish
Popular Mechanics - Designer meat would theoretically be free of hormones, antibiotics, and the threat of mad cow disease or bird flu. Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins could be blasted into the mixture (see illustration above) or dispersed through veins. Revolting? You

Estrogen May Lower Younger Women's Heart Risk
Washington Post - The findings should "provide reassurance to younger women who are wrestling with the decision, that hormones are unlikely to have an adverse effect on the heart and may even slow the early stages of plaque build-up," said lead researcher Dr. JoAnn

Ahead of the Bell: Biodel Gains Ground
Forbes - Biodel says the technology alters the formula of injected hormones, eliminating their electrical charge. As a result, the body absorbs the substances faster, making them more effective. Ho said VIAject, an injectable insulin, will be the best rapid

5 Best Post-Workout Foods
KVBC - Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and are used by your body for making muscles, hormones, neurotransmitters, bones and all sorts of other important things. Exercise depletes critical amino acids such as glutamine and the three-branched

AFI's 100 best films unwind in a very special clip show
Detroit Free Press - Having failed to hook an audience, the guilty-pleasure murder mystery saga about Palm Springs teens and their raging hormones will end its run July 4, two weeks earlier than planned. As tormented hero Johnny ( Taylor Handley , "The O.C.") continues to

The acceleration of dog eugenics.
Slate - The reason fetal serum is used is that it contains a complex mixture of proteins, hormones, buffers, and other nutrients that have been shown to be necessary for cells to grow in culture. [ ] Now, I also work with mammalian cells myself, and I feel

Hormones and homosexuality.
Slate - Poor Dick Cheney. He was sure we'd find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We searched and searched, but he refused to give up. Now he's discovering what it's like to be on the other end of such obtuse certainty. The conservative jihad has turned