Androgen

...athletes at the Atlanta games tested positive, and they were eventually cleared to compete. One of the main issues is the production of androgen hormones, the most well known one being testosterone, in female athletes with an intersex...

In this article: Atlanta, Caster Semenya, Hormone, Michael Phelps, and Competitive advantage

...and bone, LGD-4033 treatment resulted in a significant reduction in prostate mass at all doses tested (up to 100 mg/kg/day). Steroidal androgens are known to cause prostate hyperplasia. The reduction in prostate mass, together with an increase...

In this article: Ligand, Osteoporosis, Cachexia, Testosterone, Sarcopenia, Safe harbor, Surgery, and Cancer

...the other causing an even greater shift in hormones. Normally, the female sex hormones make a small amount of male hormones called androgens, in women with PCOS this rises which leads to a number of symptoms the most devastating of which...

In this article: PCOS, Hormone, Insulin, Glucose, Insulin resistance, Estrogen, Diabetes, Carbohydrate, Sugar, and Type II Diabetes

...female. As it turned out, Martinez Patino had internal testes and her body was producing male doses of testosterone. But she had complete "androgen insensitivity," meaning that her body could not use the testosterone. Hence, she did not have...

In this article: Testosterone, Caster Semenya, Hormone, Daily Telegraph, Berlin, Surgery, and Digg

...that allows one to follow the safety and efficacy of single-agent and combination therapy in the same patient. LNA Antagonists (Androgen Receptor (AR), Beta-Catenin, GIL2) A locked nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotide against...

In this article: Cancer, Oligonucleotide, Irinotecan, Revenue, Locked nucleic acid, G-CSF, and Docetaxel

...PSA increases are expected because the mechanism of action is believed to involve inhibition of tumor cell proliferation while the androgen receptor transcription element is engaged, independent of the androgen receptor. This results in an...

In this article: Cancer, Hormone, Medical advice, Diabetes mellitus, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Taxane

...compared to 7% of those receiving the placebo. The drug "may, over time, prove to be an effective treatment without the side effects of androgen replacement therapy, which is the only treatment currently available," said Dr. John M....

In this article: Flibanserin, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Food and Drug Administration, Procter & Gamble, Antidepressant, and Nausea

...the sexual problem that plagues reproductive age women the most, and may over time prove to be an effective treatment without the side effects of androgen replacement therapy, which is the only treatment currently available," said Prof Thorp.

In this article: Flibanserin, Viagra, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Antidepressant, Chest pain, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

...testosterone breakthrough (testosterone >0.5 ng/mL). There were no microsurges with degarelix. Breakthrough testosterone that increases androgen-independent progression has been studied in patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer...

In this article: Cancer, Testosterone, GnRH, Gonadotropin, North America, Medical advice, Zoledronic acid, and Hormone

...are less likely to exhibit masculine behavior, a new study has found. Phthalates, which block the activity of male hormones such as androgens, could be altering masculine brain development, according to Shanna H. Swan, a professor of...

In this article: Phthalates, Hormone, Polyvinyl chloride, Los Angeles Times, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and University of Rochester Medical Center