Richard O’Brien is the third sex

Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien has opened up about his desire to be more feminine, asserting himself to be about 70 per cent male, 30 per cent female. Speaking to BBC Radio4, he revealed he used to be ashamed of his longing to have female qualities but said he had been taking hormone oestrogen pills for the past 10 years

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Is Alzheimer’s a Form of Diabetes?

When the body refuses to make insulin, the condition is called type 1 diabetes; when the body mismanages the hormone, it’s known as type 2. Now, scientists report new evidence linking insulin to a disorder of the brain: when the brain prevents the hormone from acting properly, the ensuing chemical imbalance may help trigger Alzheimer’s disease.

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