News tagged with male hormones

Study identifies new prostate cancer drug target

Research led by Wanguo Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified a new protein critical to the development and growth of prostate cancer. The findings are published ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cabazitaxel with radiation and hormone therapy may improve prostate cancer survival

Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center has started a Phase I clinical trial investigating the latest prostate cancer chemotherapy drug to extend survival, Cabazitaxel, in combination with radiation and hormone therapy. This first-of-its-kind ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family composition determines success of great tit parents

Great tits who have as many sons as daughters acquire more grandchildren than great tits with an uneven family composition. That is because their children are reproductively more successful concludes NWO researcher Reinder ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Heart health risk of prostate cancer treatment being ignored, warn specialists

Heart disease and stroke are emerging complications of treating prostate cancer with drugs to suppress testosterone production, yet standard management of the disease is ignoring this risk, warn specialists in a viewpoint ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Male breast cancer patients stop taking tamoxifen early because of drug-related side effects

The largest study to investigate the tolerability of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen in male breast cancer patients has shown that men stop taking their prescribed therapy early because of problems with side effects caused ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women's chin, abdomen are good indicators of excessive hair growth

Examining the chin and upper and lower abdomen is a reliable, minimally invasive way to screen for excessive hair growth in women, a key indicator of too much male hormone, researchers report.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elaborate plumage due to testosterone?

(PhysOrg.com) -- In many bird species males have a more elaborate plumage than females. This elaborate plumage is often used to signal body condition, to intimidate rivals or to attract potential mates. In ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Testosterone concentrations in men affected by genetic makeup

Genetics play an important role in the variation in, and risk of, low testosterone concentrations in men. A study by the CHARGE Sex Hormone Consortium, published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics on Thursday, 6th Oc ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Abiraterone acetate improves fatigue in prostate cancer patients, says international clinical trial

Stockholm, Sweden: Men with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and that is resistant to hormone therapy suffer less from fatigue if they are treated with a combination of abiraterone acetate and prednisone, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sex hormones impact career choices

(Medical Xpress) -- Teacher, pilot, nurse or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people's interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Boys reach sexual maturity younger and younger

(Medical Xpress) -- Boys are maturing physically earlier than ever before. The age of sexual maturity has been decreasing by about 2.5 months each decade at least since the middle of the 18th century. Joshua ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

How testosterone protects against inflammation

Pharmacists of the University Jena, Germany, and partners have shown that cells from men and women react in a different manner to inflammatory stimuli. They found that in male cells the enzyme phospholipase D is less active ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover new pathway to potential therapies for advanced prostate cancer

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have narrowed the potential drug targets for advanced prostate cancer by demonstrating that late-stage tumors are driven by a different hormonal pathway than was thought previously.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Liver cancer linked to male sex hormones: HK study

Hong Kong researchers have found that men are more likely to develop liver cancer due to a type of gene which is linked to male sex hormones.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Short-term hormone therapy plus radiation therapy increases survival for men with early-stage prostate cancer

Short-term hormone therapy (androgen deprivation therapy: ADT) given in combination with radiation therapy for men with early-stage prostate cancer increases their chance of living longer and not dying from the disease, compared ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0