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Last Updated: Monday, 30 April 2007, 09:48 GMT 10:48 UK

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Hope for sex-boost slimming pill

Around 40% of women are said to experience low libido at some point
Scientists are developing a pill which could boost women's libido and reduce their appetite.
The hormone-releasing pill has so far only been given to female monkeys and shrews who displayed more mating behaviour and ate less.

The team from the Medical Research Council's Human Reproduction Unit in Edinburgh believe a human version could be available within a decade.

But a psychologist said low-libido was usually caused by relationship issues.

Up to 40% of women are thought to experience a lack of sex drive at some point in their lives.

A third of women constantly worry about the way their body looks, a survey last year suggested.

'Rump presentation'

The Edinburgh team, led by Professor Robert Millar, have been looking at the properties Type 2 Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone.

When it was given to monkeys, they displayed mating behaviour such as tongue-flicking and eyebrow-raising to the males, while female shrews displayed their feelings via "rump presentation and tail wagging".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6606927.stm

[Nothing like monkey business, eh? ]