hormone levels

• Sleep milk: young Swiss farmer Bettina Springer has no difficulty getting to sleep at night. But she goes to extraordinary lengths in the early hours of the morning on behalf of those who do.

... concerns melatonin, the so-called 'sleep hormone' which some scientists believe can help regulate h... cows produce more melatonin at night, with levels dropping sharply as soon as light enters the eyes....

• Swiss News
• Num. 2004, Mai 2004

• Free Trade Between Switzerland and the United States

Between July 2005 and January 2006. Swiss and US trade officials conducted exploratory talks to determine whether a free trade agreement (FTA) would be economically desirable and politically feasible. In January 2006, the talks were recessed when the Swiss Federal Council decided that - while an FTA would be economically desirable, free trade in agriculture was not politically feasible. The FTA talks may be resumed after the conclusion of the WTO Doha Development Round. Switzerland and the United States have launched a Trade and Investment Forum with a view to reaching agreements on discrete topics.

... modified organisms (GMOs) and animal hormones. For commercial reasons that go well beyond agricu... agricultural sectors enjoy exceptional levels of protection. Tariff peaks (tariffs above 15 perc...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 2, Mars 2006

• Not to be sniffed at.

... of Zurich researchers say a sniff of the hormone oxytocin makes people more likely to trust others,... help people with pathologically low trust levels," such as people with autism or phobias. . He admi...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005