Pharmacologic Actions: News and Research on Androgens

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Why has PCOS been given a new name?

For more than two decades, I have studied a condition that shapes the lives of about 10–13% of women. This condition causes complex, wide-ranging symptoms such as irregular periods, excessive hair growth, weight gain, acne ...

Stress, BMI, and hormones linked to earlier puberty in girls

Higher levels of key steroid hormones—combined with elevated stress and body mass index (BMI)—are associated with earlier onset of puberty in girls, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...

How male hormones regulate skeletal muscle function

Male hormones (androgens), as their name implies, have an important role in promoting the formation of male sexual characteristics (secondary sexual characteristics). In addition, androgens have anabolic effects, as indicated ...

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