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Men's Testosterone Drops When Their Candidate Loses

The last time you watched your candidate lose an election, did it feel like you were losing the election yourself? Your body's biochemistry may have thought so. A study in science journal "PLoS One," from researchers at Duke University and the University of Michigan, showed that following the announcement of the 2008 election results, male supporters of John McCain and other candidates who lost experienced a dramatic drop in testosterone. In contrast, men who supported Barack Obama maintained relatively stable levels of testosterone after learning he had won. In addition to the lowered levels ...

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