Anabolic processes in human skeletal muscle: restoring the identities of growth hormone and testosterone

DWD West, SM Phillips - The Physician and sportsmedicine, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Testosterone supplementation acts via numerous mechanisms as a highly potent anabolic
agent to skeletal muscle. Although growth hormone (GH) strongly affects collagen synthesis …

Testosterone and the metabolic syndrome

V Muraleedharan, TH Jones - Therapeutic advances in …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Metabolic syndrome and testosterone deficiency in men are closely linked. Epidemiological
studies have shown that low testosterone levels are associated with obesity, insulin …

Daily bisphenol A excretion and associations with sex hormone concentrations: results from the InCHIANTI adult population study

T Galloway, R Cipelli, J Guralnik… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high production volume chemical widely used in
packaging for food and beverages. Numerous studies have demonstrated that BPA can alter …

Earlier development of diabetic neuropathy in men than in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

ZA Kamenov, RA Parapunova, RT Georgieva - Gender medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: Data about the prevalence of diabetic neuropathy (DN) differ substantially,
depending on the population and diagnostic methods. Sex-specific differences in DN are …

Testosterone deficiency and replacement in older men.

WJ Bremner - The New England journal of medicine, 2010 - europepmc.org
A comment on this article appears in" Late-onset hypogonadism in middle-aged and elderly
men." N Engl J Med. 2010 Nov 4; 363 (19): 1867-8; author reply 1868-9. This is a comment …

Standardization of hormonal assays for the 21st century

L Wartofsky, DJ Handelsman - The Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We write to reprise and expand the theme of a con-sensus statement on the subject of
standardization of testosterone measurement published in the October issue of the JCEM (1) …

Hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction, and type 2 diabetes mellitus: what the clinician needs to know

R Tamler, T Deveney - Postgraduate medicine, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Testosterone levels and erectile function are known to decline as men age, leading to
hypogonadism and erectile dysfunction (ED). Men with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) …

Testosterone levels and quality of life in diverse male patients with cancers unrelated to androgens

SB Fleishman, H Khan, P Homel, MF Suhail… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Symptoms secondary to hormonal changes significantly impact quality of life (QoL)
in patients with cancer. This cross-sectional study examines prevalence of hypogonadism …

Anabolic steroids and frailty

JE Morley - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2010 - jamda.com
Conclusion The data available at present suggest that old frail men with low testosterone
levels may benefit from testosterone replacement, possibly in combination with a protein …

The rejuvenation of testosterone: philosopher's stone or Brown-Séquard Elixir?

G Matfin - Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The rejuvenating properties of testosterone (and various other androgenic agents) have
been utilized over several millennia (eg testicular extracts from animals were used by the …