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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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hCG
hCG: Human chorionic gonadotropin, a human hormone produced by the fetal part of the placenta that stimulates the gonads. The abbreviation can also be written entirely in capital (upper case) letters as "HCG". For more on this hormone in key lab tests, please see: Human chorionic gonadotropin.