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by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
A history of the menotoxin, or menstrual toxin, with broader commentary about culture and bias... Read more »
Clarke J. (1994) The meaning of menstruation in the elimination of abnormal embryos. Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 9(7), 1204-7. PMID: 7848450
Finn CA. (1996) Why do women menstruate? Historical and evolutionary review. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 70(1), 3-8. PMID: 9031909
Finn CA. (1998) Menstruation: a nonadaptive consequence of uterine evolution. The Quarterly review of biology, 73(2), 163-73. PMID: 9618925
Profet M. (1993) Menstruation as a defense against pathogens transported by sperm. The Quarterly review of biology, 68(3), 335-86. PMID: 8210311
Reid HE. (1974) Letter: The brass-ring sign. Lancet, 1(7864), 988. PMID: 4133673
Wilcox AJ, Baird DD, & Weinberg CR. (1999) Time of implantation of the conceptus and loss of pregnancy. The New England journal of medicine, 340(23), 1796-9. PMID: 10362823
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
Next in the summer of the pill series. This week I deal with research that shows the pill alters women's mate preferences.... Read more »
Bereczkei T, Voros S, Gal A, & Bernath L. (1997) Resources, attractiveness, family commitment; reproductive decisions in human mate choice. Ethology : formerly Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie, 103(8), 681-99. PMID: 12293453
Brinsmead-Stockham K, Johnston L, Miles L, & Neil Macrae C. (2008) Female sexual orientation and menstrual influences on person perception. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44(3), 729-734. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.05.003
Burleson MH, Trevathan WR, & Gregory WL. (2002) Sexual behavior in lesbian and heterosexual women: relations with menstrual cycle phase and partner availability. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 27(4), 489-503. PMID: 11912001
Buston PM, & Emlen ST. (2003) Cognitive processes underlying human mate choice: The relationship between self-perception and mate preference in Western society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100(15), 8805-10. PMID: 12843405
Kurzban R, & Weeden J. (2005) HurryDate: Mate preferences in action. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(3), 227-244. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.08.012
Pawłowski B, & Dunbar RI. (1999) Impact of market value on human mate choice decisions. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 266(1416), 281-5. PMID: 10081164
Roberts SC, Gosling LM, Carter V, & Petrie M. (2008) MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 275(1652), 2715-22. PMID: 18700206
Wedekind C, Seebeck T, Bettens F, & Paepke AJ. (1995) MHC-Dependent Mate Preferences in Humans. Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 260(1359), 245-249. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1995.0087
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
A short post on life history theory as it applies to human societies, menarche, and stature.... Read more »
McIntyre MH, & Kacerosky PM. (2011) Age and size at maturity in women: a norm of reaction?. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 23(3), 305-12. PMID: 21484909
Walker, R., Gurven, M., Hill, K., Migliano, A., Chagnon, N., De Souza, R., Djurovic, G., Hames, R., Hurtado, A., Kaplan, H.... (2006) Growth rates and life histories in twenty-two small-scale societies. American Journal of Human Biology, 18(3), 295-311. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20510
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
The first in a series on hormonal contraception. This post explores why human women menstruate and how that may impact their contraceptive decisions.... Read more »
Jasienska, G., & Thune, I. (2001) Research pointers: Lifestyle, hormones, and risk of breast cancer. BMJ, 322(7286), 586-587. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.586
Strassmann, B. (1997) The Biology of Menstruation in Homo Sapiens: Total Lifetime Menses, Fecundity, and Nonsynchrony in a Natural-Fertility Population. Current Anthropology, 38(1), 123. DOI: 10.1086/204592
Vitzthum VJ, Spielvogel H, Caceres E, & Miller A. (2001) Vaginal bleeding patterns among rural highland Bolivian women: relationship to fecundity and fetal loss. Contraception, 64(5), 319-25. PMID: 11777494
Vitzthum VJ, & Ringheim K. (2005) Hormonal contraception and physiology: a research-based theory of discontinuation due to side effects. Studies in family planning, 36(1), 13-32. PMID: 15828522
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
An examination of a recent paper on maternal breast size after pregnancy, and the Trivers-Willard hypothesis.... Read more »
Dimitrakakis C, Jones RA, Liu A, & Bondy CA. (2004) Breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women using testosterone in addition to usual hormone therapy. Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 11(5), 531-5. PMID: 15356405
Galbarczyk A. (2011) Unexpected changes in maternal breast size during pregnancy in relation to infant sex: An evolutionary interpretation. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. PMID: 21544894
Helle, S. (2002) Sons Reduced Maternal Longevity in Preindustrial Humans. Science, 296(5570), 1085-1085. DOI: 10.1126/science.1070106
Hinde K. (2009) Richer milk for sons but more milk for daughters: Sex-biased investment during lactation varies with maternal life history in rhesus macaques. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 21(4), 512-9. PMID: 19384860
Hrdy, S. (1990) Sex bias in nature and in history: A late 1980s reexamination of the “biological origins” argument. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 33(S11), 25-37. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330330504
Jasienska G, Nenko I, & Jasienski M. (2006) Daughters increase longevity of fathers, but daughters and sons equally reduce longevity of mothers. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 18(3), 422-5. PMID: 16634019
Poretsky L, Seto-Young D, Shrestha A, Dhillon S, Mirjany M, Liu HC, Yih MC, & Rosenwaks Z. (2001) Phosphatidyl-inositol-3 kinase-independent insulin action pathway(s) in the human ovary. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 86(7), 3115-9. PMID: 11443175
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
A blog version of a talk I gave at an invited symposium at this year's AAPAs, plus some additional thoughts and broader context.... Read more »
Bentley GR. (1994) Ranging hormones: do hormonal contraceptives ignore human biological variation and evolution?. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 201-3. PMID: 8154705
Clark, L. (2004) Menstrual irregularity from hormonal contraception triggers significant reproductive health fears in adolescent girls. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34(2), 123-124. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.11.091
Clark, L. (2001) Will the Pill Make Me Sterile? Addressing Reproductive Health Concerns and Strategies to Improve Adherence to Hormonal Contraceptive Regimens in Adolescent Girls. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 14(4), 153-162. DOI: 10.1016/S1083-3188(01)00123-1
Collaborative group. (1996) Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53 297 women with breast cancer and 100 239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies. The Lancet, 347(9017), 1713-1727. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90806-5
Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer, Beral V, Doll R, Hermon C, Peto R, & Reeves G. (2008) Ovarian cancer and oral contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of data from 45 epidemiological studies including 23,257 women with ovarian cancer and 87,303 controls. Lancet, 371(9609), 303-14. PMID: 18294997
Collins, N., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Lobel, M., & Scrimshaw, S. (1993) Social support in pregnancy: Psychosocial correlates of birth outcomes and postpartum depression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65(6), 1243-1258. DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.65.6.1243
D'Antona Ade O, Chelekis JA, D'Antona MF, & Siqueira AD. (2009) Contraceptive discontinuation and non-use in Santarém, Brazilian Amazon. Cadernos de saude publica / Ministerio da Saude, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, 25(9), 2021-32. PMID: 19750389
Feldman PJ, Dunkel-Schetter C, Sandman CA, & Wadhwa PD. (2000) Maternal social support predicts birth weight and fetal growth in human pregnancy. Psychosomatic medicine, 62(5), 715-25. PMID: 11020102
Fraser IS, & Kovacs GT. (2003) The efficacy of non-contraceptive uses for hormonal contraceptives. The Medical journal of Australia, 178(12), 621-3. PMID: 12797849
Gerschultz KL, Sucato GS, Hennon TR, Murray PJ, & Gold MA. (2007) Extended cycling of combined hormonal contraceptives in adolescents: physician views and prescribing practices. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 40(2), 151-7. PMID: 17259055
Gubhaju, B. (2009) Barriers to Sustained Use of Contraception in Nepal: Quality of Care, Socioeconomic Status, and Method-Related Factors. Biodemography and Social Biology, 55(1), 52-70. DOI: 10.1080/19485560903054671
Gupta, N., Corrado, S., & Goldstein, M. (2008) Hormonal Contraception for the Adolescent. Pediatrics in Review, 29(11), 386-397. DOI: 10.1542/pir.29-11-386
Hawkes, K. (2003) Grandmothers and the evolution of human longevity. American Journal of Human Biology, 15(3), 380-400. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10156
Kahlenborn, C., Modugno, F., Potter, D., & Severs, W. (2006) Oral Contraceptive Use as a Risk Factor for Premenopausal Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 81(10), 1290-1302. DOI: 10.4065/81.10.1290
Kramer, K. (2005) Children's Help and the Pace of Reproduction: Cooperative Breeding in Humans. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 14(6), 224-237. DOI: 10.1002/evan.20082
Kramer KL. (2008) Early sexual maturity among Pumé foragers of Venezuela: fitness implications of teen motherhood. American journal of physical anthropology, 136(3), 338-50. PMID: 18386795
KRISHNAMOORTHY, N., SIMPSON, C., TOWNEND, J., HELMS, P., & MCLAY, J. (2008) Adolescent Females and Hormonal Contraception: A Retrospective Study in Primary Care. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(1), 97-101. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.06.016
Lipson, S., & Ellison, P. (2008) Normative study of age variation in salivary progesterone profiles. Journal of Biosocial Science, 24(02). DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000019751
Marchbanks, P., McDonald, J., Wilson, H., Folger, S., Mandel, M., Daling, J., Bernstein, L., Malone, K., Ursin, G., Strom, B.... (2002) Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Breast Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 346(26), 2025-2032. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa013202
Modan B, Hartge P, Hirsh-Yechezkel G, Chetrit A, Lubin F, Beller U, Ben-Baruch G, Fishman A, Menczer J, Struewing JP.... (2001) Parity, oral contraceptives, and the risk of ovarian cancer among carriers and noncarriers of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. The New England journal of medicine, 345(4), 235-40. PMID: 11474660
Narod, S., Risch, H., Moslehi, R., Dørum, A., Neuhausen, S., Olsson, H., Provencher, D., Radice, P., Evans, G., Bishop, S.... (1998) Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Hereditary Ovarian Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 339(7), 424-428. DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199808133390702
Ott, M., Adler, N., Millstein, S., Tschann, J., & Ellen, J. (2002) The Trade-Off between Hormonal Contraceptives and Condoms among Adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 34(1), 6. DOI: 10.2307/3030227
ROYE, C. (1998) Condom use by hispanic and african-american adolescent girls who use hormonal contraception. Journal of Adolescent Health, 23(4), 205-211. DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00264-4
Roye CF, & Seals B. (2001) A qualitative assessment of condom use decisions by female adolescents who use hormonal contraception. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 12(6), 78-87. PMID: 11723916
SAYEGH, M., FORTENBERRY, J., SHEW, M., & ORR, D. (2005) The developmental association of relationship quality, hormonal contraceptive choice and condom non-use among adolescent women. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36(2), 97-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.11.009
SMITH, J., GREEN, J., DEGONZALEZ, A., APPLEBY, P., PETO, J., PLUMMER, M., FRANCESCHI, S., & BERAL, V. (2003) Cervical cancer and use of hormonal contraceptives: a systematic review. The Lancet, 361(9364), 1159-1167. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12949-2
Turner, R., Grindstaff, C., & Phillips, N. (1990) Social Support and Outcome in Teenage Pregnancy. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 31(1), 43. DOI: 10.2307/2137044
Vihko R, & Apter D. (1984) Endocrine characteristics of adolescent menstrual cycles: impact of early menarche. Journal of steroid biochemistry, 20(1), 231-6. PMID: 6231419
Vitzthum, V., & Ringheim, K. (2005) Hormonal Contraception and Physiology: A Research-based Theory of Discontinuation Due to Side Effects. Studies in Family Planning, 36(1), 13-32. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2005.00038.x
Vitzthum, V. (2001) Vaginal bleeding patterns among rural highland Bolivian women: relationship to fecundity and fetal loss. Contraception, 64(5), 319-325. DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(01)00260-8
Walker, R., Gurven, M., Hill, K., Migliano, A., Chagnon, N., De Souza, R., Djurovic, G., Hames, R., Hurtado, A., Kaplan, H.... (2006) Growth rates and life histories in twenty-two small-scale societies. American Journal of Human Biology, 18(3), 295-311. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20510
ZIBNERS, A., CROMER, B., & HAYES, J. (1999) Comparison of continuation rates for hormonal contraception among adolescents. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 12(2), 90-94. DOI: 10.1016/S1083-3188(00)86633-4
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This is the third guest post of the LabEvoEndo Journal Club, a new series for the LabEvoEndo blog meant to highlight student contributions to the lab (first post here, second post here). The author is Honors Anthropology Junior Dana Ahern. Dana has been in my lab since her sophomore year.
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I’d like to start this blog post with a little background on progesterone. Progesterone is fascinating and it affects a lot more than just the menstrual cycle. We are starting to understand just how........ Read more »
Rapkin AJ, Berman SM, Mandelkern MA, Silverman DH, Morgan M, & London ED. (2011) Neuroimaging evidence of cerebellar involvement in premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Biological psychiatry, 69(4), 374-80. PMID: 21092938
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
This post critiques recent work on "sexy" shopping behavior during high and low fertility periods in the menstrual cycle.... Read more »
Campbell, A. (2004) Female competition: Causes, constraints, content, and contexts. Journal of Sex Research, 41(1), 16-26. DOI: 10.1080/00224490409552210
Durante, KM, Griskevicius, V, Hill, SE, Perilloux, C, & Li, NP. (2011) Ovulation, female competition, and product choice: hormonal influences on consumer behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 37(6), 921-934. info:/
Fehring, R., Schneider, M., & Raviele, K. (2006) Variability in the Phases of the Menstrual Cycle. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, Neonatal Nursing, 35(3), 376-384. DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00051.x
Lenton EA, Landgren BM, Sexton L, & Harper R. (1984) Normal variation in the length of the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle: effect of chronological age. British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 91(7), 681-4. PMID: 6743609
Moffitt, L., & Szymanski, D. (2010) Experiencing Sexually Objectifying Environments: A Qualitative Study. The Counseling Psychologist, 39(1), 67-106. DOI: 10.1177/0011000010364551
Smuts, B. (1995) The evolutionary origins of patriarchy. Human Nature, 6(1), 1-32. DOI: 10.1007/BF02734133
Streeter, S. (2003) Waist–hip ratio and attractiveness New evidence and a critique of “a critical test”. Evolution and Human Behavior, 24(2), 88-98. DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00121-6
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Student blogging on cervical cancer and immunology, particular in understanding variation in cytokines, chemokines, and proportions of columnar vs squamous cervical cells.... Read more »
Hwang LY, Scott ME, Ma Y, & Moscicki AB. (2011) Higher levels of cervicovaginal inflammatory and regulatory cytokines and chemokines in healthy young women with immature cervical epithelium. Journal of reproductive immunology, 88(1), 66-71. PMID: 21051089
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Undergraduate Laura Klein reviews an article on food allergies.... Read more »
Christie L, Hine RJ, Parker JG, & Burks W. (2002) Food allergies in children affect nutrient intake and growth. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 102(11), 1648-51. PMID: 12449289
Fernandez-Rivas, M, & Miles, S. (2007) Chapter 1. Food allergies: Clinical and Psychosocial Perspectives. Plant Food Allergens. info:/
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
Yesterday I submitted a book chapter and a journal manuscript. I have two substantial blog posts I'm working on, but neither will be ready for this week. However, I have been slowly accumulating Posts of Awesome that I'd like to share. I want to highlight people, writing, and topics that need and deserve more attention in the science blogosphere. I mention a lot of these things on Twitter, but I know a lot of my followers don't use Twitter. So here goes.LadybusinessIf you have any interest in pr........ Read more »
Wax, J., Lucas, F., Lamont, M., Pinette, M., Cartin, A., & Blackstone, J. (2010) Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births: a metaanalysis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.028
Editorial staff. (2010) Home birth--proceed with caution. Lancet, 376(9738), 303. PMID: 20674705
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
From I Can Haz Cheezburger.My blogging mojo has been channeled almost entirely towards a book project I've undertaken with Julienne Rutherford of UIC and Katie Hinde of UCLA (though shortly to be of Harvard). The book is called Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective and it will be published by Springer in 2012. Each co-editor has a chapter in there, and then we have a number of other rather fancy-pants contributors as well.The first drafts of the chapters were........ Read more »
King, A., & Critchley, H. (2010) Oestrogen and progesterone regulation of inflammatory processes in the human endometrium. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 120(2-3), 116-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.01.003
Maybin JA, Critchley HO, & Jabbour HN. (2011) Inflammatory pathways in endometrial disorders. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 335(1), 42-51. PMID: 20723578
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
A rebuttal of a Tierney column on the evolutionary psychology of relationship maintenance.... Read more »
Brockelman, W., Reichard, U., Treesucon, U., & Raemaekers, J. (1998) Dispersal, pair formation and social structure in gibbons ( Hylobates lar ). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 42(5), 329-339. DOI: 10.1007/s002650050445
MANER, J., GAILLIOT, M., & MILLER, S. (2009) The implicit cognition of relationship maintenance: Inattention to attractive alternatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(1), 174-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.002
Miller, S, & Maner, J. (2010) Evolution and relationship maintenance: Fertility cues lead committed men to devalue relationship alternatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1081-1084. info:/
Murdock, G., & White, D. (1969) Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. Ethnology, 8(4), 329. DOI: 10.2307/3772907
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
When I was in college, my favorite hangout was the basement of the Harvard Book Store, where they had the used books and cheap remainders (they were also across the street from my freshman dorm, Wigglesworth, and yes, that is a most excellent name). I worked my way through several sci-fi and fantasy series, and got nearly all my Women’s Studies books, because of that one lovely room.One night in my freshman year I was browsing the philosophy section with a new boyfriend, a person with whom I o........ Read more »
Bloch M, Schmidt PJ, Su TP, Tobin MB, & Rubinow DR. (1998) Pituitary-adrenal hormones and testosterone across the menstrual cycle in women with premenstrual syndrome and controls. Biological psychiatry, 43(12), 897-903. PMID: 9627744
Concas A, Mostallino MC, Porcu P, Follesa P, Barbaccia ML, Trabucchi M, Purdy RH, Grisenti P, & Biggio G. (1998) Role of brain allopregnanolone in the plasticity of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor in rat brain during pregnancy and after delivery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95(22), 13284-9. PMID: 9789080
Rapkin AJ, Berman SM, Mandelkern MA, Silverman DH, Morgan M, & London ED. (2011) Neuroimaging evidence of cerebellar involvement in premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Biological psychiatry, 69(4), 374-80. PMID: 21092938
Rubinow DR, Hoban MC, Grover GN, Galloway DS, Roy-Byrne P, Andersen R, & Merriam GR. (1988) Changes in plasma hormones across the menstrual cycle in patients with menstrually related mood disorder and in control subjects. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 158(1), 5-11. PMID: 2962499
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This post uses literature review, my own empirical research, and a new paper to demonstrate that menstrual cycling does not impact iron status in women. This goes against a major, prevailing medical notion and inhibits appropriate diagnosis in anemic women.... Read more »
Bergström E, Hernell O, Persson LA, & Vessby B. (1995) Serum lipid values in adolescents are related to family history, infant feeding, and physical growth. Atherosclerosis, 117(1), 1-13. PMID: 8546746
Clancy, K., Nenko, I., & Jasienska, G. (2006) Menstruation does not cause anemia: Endometrial thickness correlates positively with erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women. American Journal of Human Biology, 18(5), 710-713. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20538
Kepczyk, M. (1999) A prospective, multidisciplinary evaluation of premenopausal women with iron-deficiency anemia. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 94(1), 109-115. DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00661-3
Miller EM. (2010) Maternal hemoglobin depletion in a settled northern Kenyan pastoral population. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 22(6), 768-74. PMID: 20721981
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
This post uses literature review, my own empirical research, and a new paper to demonstrate that menstrual cycling does not impact iron status in women. This goes against a major, prevailing medical notion and inhibits appropriate diagnosis in anemic women.... Read more »
Bergström E, Hernell O, Persson LA, & Vessby B. (1995) Serum lipid values in adolescents are related to family history, infant feeding, and physical growth. Atherosclerosis, 117(1), 1-13. PMID: 8546746
Clancy, K., Nenko, I., & Jasienska, G. (2006) Menstruation does not cause anemia: Endometrial thickness correlates positively with erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women. American Journal of Human Biology, 18(5), 710-713. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20538
Kepczyk, M. (1999) A prospective, multidisciplinary evaluation of premenopausal women with iron-deficiency anemia. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 94(1), 109-115. DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00661-3
Miller EM. (2010) Maternal hemoglobin depletion in a settled northern Kenyan pastoral population. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 22(6), 768-74. PMID: 20721981
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
In my second year of graduate school, I was in a study group with a few other grad students: in particular I remember a white female student and an Asian-American female student. Somehow we got on the topic of admissions, where we all admitted, jokingly, to feeling like impostors. Then the white female student stated that she didn't believe in affirmative action, and expressed her view with quite a bit of anger. "Besides," she finished, "I just don't see race."I was completely paralyzed, and fel........ Read more »
Chambers EC, Tull ES, Fraser HS, Mutunhu NR, Sobers N, & Niles E. (2004) The relationship of internalized racism to body fat distribution and insulin resistance among African adolescent youth. Journal of the National Medical Association, 96(12), 1594-8. PMID: 15622689
Tull SE, Wickramasuriya T, Taylor J, Smith-Burns V, Brown M, Champagnie G, Daye K, Donaldson K, Solomon N, Walker S.... (1999) Relationship of internalized racism to abdominal obesity and blood pressure in Afro-Caribbean women. Journal of the National Medical Association, 91(8), 447-52. PMID: 12656433
Viruell-Fuentes EA. (2007) Beyond acculturation: immigration, discrimination, and health research among Mexicans in the United States. Social science , 65(7), 1524-35. PMID: 17602812
Williams DR. (1999) Race, socioeconomic status, and health. The added effects of racism and discrimination. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 173-88. PMID: 10681897
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
This is a response to the Kaylenberg and Wrangham 2010 paper on stick-carrying chimpanzees.... Read more »
Alexander, G., & Hines, M. (2002) Sex differences in response to children's toys in nonhuman primates (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus). Evolution and Human Behavior, 23(6), 467-479. DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00107-1
Hassett, J., Siebert, E., & Wallen, K. (2008) Sex differences in rhesus monkey toy preferences parallel those of children. Hormones and Behavior, 54(3), 359-364. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.008
Kahlenberg SM, & Wrangham RW. (2010) Sex differences in chimpanzees' use of sticks as play objects resemble those of children. Current biology : CB, 20(24). PMID: 21172622
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
A dissection and link round-up about cognitive sex differences.... Read more »
Connellan, J. (2000) Sex differences in human neonatal social perception. Infant Behavior and Development, 23(1), 113-118. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(00)00032-1
Hyde, J. (2005) The Gender Similarities Hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60(6), 581-592. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.6.581
by Kate Clancy in Context & Variation
This post looks at the behavioral endocrinology of the human male.... Read more »
Levi, Maurice, Li, Kai, & Zhang, Feng. (2010) Deal or no deal: hormones and the mergers and acquisitions game. Management Science, 56(9), 1462-1483. info:/
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