Endocrine system

In a world where we have more or less accepted the inevitability of stress in our daily lives, sleeping is sometimes seen as a recourse. According to a study carried out by scientists at the University of South Carolina, sex is an activity than helps people sleep well at night.

A study by Cambridge University found that babies born in the summer months are stronger and taller than their counterparts. The research, conducted on 450,000 Britons, found that pregnant mothers who absorb more health-boosting Vitamin D from sunshine in their second and third trimesters give their babies a head-start in life.

A rare genetic anomaly discovered by American endocrinologist Julian Imperato in small community in the Dominican Republic saw young children changing from girls to boys when entering puberty! The children were born with female genitalia, but once they reached puberty they would form a male penis.

Male menopause is real and there is a cure for it! In a paper by the Journal of Ageing, rsearchers at the Centre for Men’s Health in London found that 20% of men over 50 suffered from testosterone deficiency.

Symptoms included, amongst others:
* hot flushes
* night sweats
* pain in joints
* a dive in libido
* body fat increase

US scientists and researchers claim they have been able to develop the first smart insulin patch, according to a PNAS review. The patch automatically releases the needed insulin dose according to the needs of the diabetic individual.

Customs officials at Bulgaria's Danube Bridge 2 checkpoint in Vidin, at the border with Romania, have seized nearly 15,000 vials marked as containing anabolic steroids being smuggled in a Slovak-registered van.

The vehicle carried packages of dog food to Slovakia, according to the cargo manifest. The starting point of the trip was not disclosed.

Former European 100-meter hurdles champion Nevin Yan?t has had her doping ban increased from two to three years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
                   
Yan?t was originally sentenced by the Turkish Athletics Federation in 2013 after testing positive for banned substances during a competition in Düsseldorf, Germany.
                   

Doctors and teachers have the most stressful jobs in Bulgaria, according to a national survey of the General Labor Inspectorate conducted last year.

Journalists complete the top three most stressful professions in the country.

Some 9% of Bulgarians have diabetes, according to Dr. Natalia Temelkova, endocrinologist at Alexandrovska Hospital in Sofia.

Temelkova noted that the actual number of people with diabetes in the country is probably around 600,000, BGNES reports. Childhood obesity rates in Bulgaria have reached 20%, which increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the expert warns.

Two 18-year-olds accused of murdering two men in Mani last week during a deal over anabolic steroids that went wrong were remanded in custody on Monday after testifying before an investigating magistrate in Kalamata.