physiological mediators of human host such as androgenic hormones interfere pathogenic fungal growth. it has been revealed that the growth of yeasts as well as of dermatophytes is influenced by human androgenic hormones in vitro. in this reason for in vivo condition, the andrgenic hormones level must be measured in patients with dermatophytosis and healthy individuals. to this purpose we measur...

OBJECTIVE The relationship between musculoskeletal injuries and anabolic-androgenic steroids is not well understood. The purpose of our study was to investigate the association between self-reported anabolic-androgenic steroids use and the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in a unique group of retired professional football players. DESIGN A general health questionnaire was completed by 2...

We investigated the effect of long-term supraphysiologic doses of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) on atrial electromechanical delay (AEMD) in male bodybuilders. We clearly demonstrated that long-term consumption of supraphysiologic doses of AAS is associated with higher values of inter- and intra-AEMD in healthy young bodybuilders.

Androgenic alopecia (male type baldness) is a common problem without having any satisfactory solution. Serenoa repens (Saw palmetto) is an exotic herb, berries of which are used increasingly in the prevention and treatment of androgenic alopecia with definite success. The active principle of the berries has been found to be phytosterols conjugated with certain esterified fatty acids. They act i...

In the U.S. and worldwide anabolic/androgenic steroid use remains high in the adolescent population. This is concerning given that anabolic/androgenic steroid use is associated with a higher incidence of aggressive behavior during exposure and anxiety during withdrawal. This study uses pubertal Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) to investigate the hypothesis that an inverse behavioral relat...

This study shows that the androgen receptor agonistic potency is clearly concealed by the effects of androgen receptor antagonists in a total sediment extract, demonstrating that toxicity screening of total extracts is not enough to evaluate the full in vitro endocrine disrupting potential of a complex chemical mixture, as encountered in the environment. The anti-androgenic compounds were maski...

Repeated high dose (5.0 mg/kg) anabolic/androgenic steroid exposure during adolescence stimulates offensive aggression in male Syrian hamsters. These studies examined whether anabolic/androgenic steroid-induced aggression was regulated by the activity and expression of serotonin (5HT) type-1A receptors. In a first experiment, adolescent male hamsters were treated with a mixture of anabolic/andr...

androgenic alopecia as a physiologic process and benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) as a pathologic process in the older population are androgen-dependent processes influenced by 5-alpha reductase enzyme which converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. this cross sectional study was done to evaluate the relationship between androgenic alopecia and bph. 150 men older than 50 years old, who pr...