<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/faculty-research/exploring-balance-between-hormones-caffeine.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>07/27/2021</pubDate><title>Exploring The Balance Between Hormones, Caffeine</title><excerpt>“I rarely drink coffee,” says Tiffany Gong ’23, a behavioral neuroscience student at Westmont, who is the subject and the researcher examining the impact of acute caffeine on cortisol and melatonin levels.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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