Birth Control & Chronic Stress
Sarah explains how the birth control pill can cause chronic stress in women by blunting their stress hormone response and affecting their hippocampal volume, blood sugars, and triglycerides. This can lead to problems with emotion and mood regulation, learning, and memory, including impaired emotional memories.In this clip
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280: Sarah Hill | This Is Your Brain on Birth Control
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