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03 May 2011

A potential new method to measure a person's cortisol levels has been presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology. The researchers found that hair can be used to create a retrospective timeline of exposure to cortisol, which may provide a non-invasive way of studying cortisol's role in conditions such as cardiovascular disease and depression.

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