Our bodies (be it male or female) need testosterone and estrogen in different ratios and for different purposes, but we need both (and other hormones) to stay healthy from head to toe. For us women, estrogen is the mainsex hormone. It's responsible for the expression of female sexual tra...
Both men and women require testosterone for a well-functioning body but men do so in far higher amounts then their female counterparts. While a very important hormone and largely misunderstood, testosterone is easily one of the most exciting hormones we can discuss, especially as it pertains to...
Advise female patients receiving testosterone therapy and female partners of patients treated with topical testosterone preparations (e.g., gel, solution, transdermal systems) to contact their clinician if they notice changes in body hair distribution, substantial increases in acne, or other manifestations...
Why are female athletes and athletes AFAB at risk for low estrogen levels? Women and people AFAB with low body fat often do not make enough of the sex hormones. This can cause their periods to become irregular or stop. They may also develop osteoporosis -- thin bones -- and fractures. ...
Many doctors think that only the levels of the “female” hormones progesterone and estrogen have a significant bearing on a woman’s health and well-being; however, over the last decade increasing suggests that testosterone is a very important hormone for women, especially in terms of staying ...
When administered to a pregnant woman, androgens cause virilization of the external genitalia of the female fetus. Male –Gynecomastia, and excessive frequency and duration of penile erections. Oligospermia may occur at high dosages (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY). Skin and Appendages –Hirsutism, male...
Background This report investigates an unusual total testosterone result in a middle-aged female. Case presentation A 40-year-old female patient was found to have high serum total testosterone of 30.82 nmol/L on a Beckman Coulter UniCel DxI800 automatic chemilumines...
This research has been conducted using the UK Biobank resource under application numbers 9072, 9055, 9797 and 44448. The authors acknowledge the use of the University of Exeter High-Performance Computing facility in carrying out this work. We thank K. Patel, R. Andrews and T. McDonald for ...
Doing basic tests, where only total testosterone level is measured, might be confusing because you wouldn't understand why you had symptoms of testosterone deficiency while other men didn't. Getting complex measurements would give you a much more comprehensive picture of what is going on in your...
A complete description of theMaleandFemalePanelscan be found at the end of this article. As you’ll readily see, these panels contain many important tests (such as total and free testosterone, estradiol, homocysteine, C-reactive protein, and DHEA) that mainstream doctors seldom check for. ...