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Yesterday seems more like tomorrow than today

I'll probably never understand the human brain; or at least my own. What I'm talking about is why some days I'm very serious when writing an article and the next day, I'm in a completely different lighthearted mood. It's a bit confusing and impossible to predict.

Is that okay? |a poem, sort of

I was taught to smile and please. Is that okay? Can't I be upset and cry? Can't I shake my head and sigh? If I open my mouth to speak Is that okay? Can I yell or whisper, jump up and down? Can I stamp my feet and frown?

New contraceptive patch could replace the pill - and do away with side-effects
Source: the Mail online

A revolutionary contraceptive patch which does not disrupt a woman's hormones is being developed. The new treatment would not have the unpleasant side-effects of the Pill, such as headaches, weight gain and mood swings.

Whatever!: Hormonal Reversal During Puberty Keeps Teens Totally Anxious
Source: Sciam

Now, researchers at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in New York City have found the switch that transforms quiescent children into raging, hormonal teens.

Stress hormone paradox may clarify teen mood swings
Source: The Age

THIS might help explain why teenagers act like, well, teenagers. Researchers have discovered that a hormone produced by the body in response to stress, which normally calms adults and younger children, instead increases anxiety in adolescents.

Teenage mood swing hormone found
Source: BBC News

Teenage mood swings are known to be down to hormones, but scientists claim they have identified the specific one that makes adolescents so volatile.

New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Software tracks mood swings of blogosphere
Source: newscientisttech.com

via slashdot.org, "Dutch researchers have figured out a way to measure the mood swings of the blogosphere.

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