Tag: Testosterone
Endogenous sex steroids and circulating homocysteine in healthy Greek postmenopausal women
George E. Christodoulakos, Irene V. Lambrinoudaki, Demetrios A. Rizos, Andreas Alexandrou, Apostolos V. Kountouris, George C. Creatsas
OBJECTIVE: The determinants of serum homocysteine in healthy postmenopausal women remain uncertain. The aim of this study was the assessment of the association of endogenous sex steroids with serum homocysteine levels in healthy postmenopausal women not on hormone therapy…
Doping: a challenge to the endocrinologist. A reappraisal in view of the Olympic Games of 2004
Leonidas H Duntas, Constantinos Parisis
The aim of this review is to provide an update on drug abuse by athletes, their mode of action and the technical difficulties of detection. The most common doping agents are the anabolic steroids (AS), testosterone derivatives modified to take advantage of the anabolic rather than the androgenic properties of the hormone…
Late-onset hypogonadism in men. Experience from the Turku Male Ageing Study (TuMAS)
Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Juuso I. Mäkinen, Antti Perheentupa, Olli T. Raitakari
Interest has arisen during the last 10 years as to the possible connection between the age-related decline in androgen production and symptoms of ageing in men. A new ageing-related syndrome with several descriptive names …