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Cortisol is a reproduction friend, not enemy
Cortisol, long blamed for harming fertility, is being recast as a helpful hormone in reproduction. New research suggests the stress hormone plays a supportive role in reproductive processes rather than simply disrupting them, challenging the widespread assumption that elevated cortisol automatically undermines fertility and conception.
Why now: New research challenges the popular belief that stress hormones harm fertility.
Evidence
- Cortisol is a reproduction friend, not enemy · Phys.org
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