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How hormones went from theoretical to overhyped in one century
From metabolism to sex drive, hormones come in tiny packets that pack a powerful punch, and yet there is a lot of misinformation about these chemicals. So Randi Hutter Epstein, a doctor and medical writer, decided to set the record straight. The result is her book Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.
Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused”
Randi Hutter Epstein is a medical writer, lecturer at Yale University, Writer in Residence at Yale Medical School, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is the author of Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank (2010) and the new book, Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything .
AROUSED by Randi Hutter Epstein | Kirkus Reviews
A tour of the history of endocrinology, highlighting progress but also the hype that has promoted the curative abilities of hormones.
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