OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of Tribulus alatus extracts on free serum testosterone in male rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Free serum testosterone level was measured in male rats treated with alcoholic extracts of the aerial part without fruits, fruits of Tribulus alatus and their fractions. RESULTS All tested extracts showed significant increase in the ...

Background and Objective: Early detection of testosterone deficiency in middle aged and aging male improves their quality of life and prevents testosterone relating disorders. There is not enough evidence based study related testosterone deficiency syndrome and erectile dysfunction in Mongolia. Purpose of our study is investigating TDS and erectile dysfunction among men over 40 years old. We co...

OBJECTIVE Association studies in men have shown that androgens are inversely related to fat measures, while the relation between sex steroids and lean mass remains unclear. We, therefore, investigated the associations between serum sex steroid levels and body composition in elderly men with a main focus on lean mass measures. DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey of a population-based c...

Objective: A potential risk of testosterone replacement therapy is an increase in the incidence of prostate cancer, but it is unclear whether higher levels of serum testosterone are associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer. We prospectively evaluated serum androgen concentrations and prostate cancer risk. Method: Included were 794 members of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. We...

BACKGROUND Low level of testosterone may be associated with cardiovascular diseases in men, as some evidence suggests a protective role for testosterone in cardiovascular system. Little is known about the possible role of serum testosterone in response to reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and its relationship with ST-segment recovery. The present study was conduc...