Femme Fatale Hormone

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

The femme fatale is a staple of film noir. With gams to Cleveland and moxie to match, they lure men in before pulling the old 23 skidoo and pitching woo with the next Joe at the speakeasy. However, a new study claims both the hourglass figure and the readiness to cheat on a man both result from the hormone Estradiol. read more

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