Estrogen or Testosterone Increases Self-Reported Aggressive Behaviors in Hypogonadal Adolescents1

Relationship between Levels of Testosterone and Cortisol in Saliva and Aggressive Behaviors of Adolescents1

Objective To explore the endocrinal factors which influence the aggressive behavior of adolescents. Methods The levels of cortisol (CORT), testosterone (T), prolactin (PRL), and growth hormone (GH) in saliva from 20 aggressive students and 20 non-aggressive control students were measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA). The students were matched for their gender, age, grade, stage of pubertal develop...

Rosiglitazone increases testosterone in hypogonadal type 2 diabetic men.

Clomiphene Citrate Effectively Increases Testosterone in Obese, Young, Hypogonadal Men.

BACKGROUND Obesity has been associated with low testosterone (T) in adult males and in pubertal boys. Therapy for hypogonadism with exogenous T may lead to testicular atrophy and later infertility. Only a few studies have demonstrated that the Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) clomiphene citrate (CC), an estrogen receptor antagonist, increases T in obese hypogonadal men while prevent...

Do Self-Esteem and Parental Authority Influence Self-Reported Aggressive Behaviors?

Aggression is a primary concern throughout the United States and over the last 40 years many researchers have tried to understand how aggression manifests (Tremblay, 2002). The present study examined the relations between self-esteem, perceived parental authority, and aggression. Two-hundred sixty participants were asked about their aggressive behaviors, self-esteem, and perceptions of parental...

Self-reported health behaviors of osteopathic physicians.

The degree to which osteopathic physicians (DOs) take care of their own health is of interest not only to the osteopathic medical community, but also to physicians' patients. The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Committee on Physician Health asked attendees at the July 2001 AOA House of Delegates Annual Business Meeting in Chicago, Ill, to complete a one-page survey on their personal heal...