Hormones

New research finds that a growing number of non-binary people have or want to affirm their gender medically

Many people rely on hormone replacement therapy during menopause or gender-affirming hormone therapy – but the recurring national shortages of patches look set to continue

One woman having a perimenopausal hot flush on live TV has started a national conversation about normalising the symptoms

A new citizen science project is helping people understand how their menstrual cycle and hormonal birth control affects mood, wellbeing and behaviour

New research shows atrazine, a herbicide banned in the EU but widely used in Australia, causes abnormalities in marsupial genitalia

Researchers have developed a modified form of human insulin that successfully mimics the ultra fast-acting properties of cone snail venom insulin

Scientists are calling for a herbicide banned in the European Union for the last 15 years to be withdrawn in Australia for its effect on male fertility

How a pregnancy hormone could help the heart

How love works on our mind, body and soul ... and why we want to write music about it

Our long-held views on what causes gender differences are wrong. A new book argues it’s much more complicated than we think