OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of drug use among Brazilian college students and its relationship to gender and age. METHODS A nationwide sample of 12,721 college students completed a questionnaire concerning the use of drugs and other behaviors. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-WHO) criteria were used to assess were used to assess hazardous drug use. A ...

Androgenic anabolic steroids are commonly abused by athletes and body-builders to help develop lean body mass and muscular strength to enhance their performance. However, at doses which are much higher than recommended therapeutic dosage, abuse of these drugs is commonly associated with cardiovascular side-effects that can lead to acute myocardial infarction and sudden death. We report here thr...

INTRODUCTION Androgenic-anabolic steroids are rarely used by sportsmen who want to improve physical performance in competition sport. Despite that they are well aware of the side effects of anabolic steroids, many young athletes in Bosnia and Herzegovina without competition motivation come in temptation, trying to achieve better muscle proportion and physical performance unknowing consequence o...

Prostaglandin F2α analogs, commonly prescribed for glaucoma treatment, have been shown to induce side effects such as cutaneous hypertrichosis and hyperpigmentation. Therefore, these medications have theoretic applications in the treatment of alopecia and disorders of hypopigmentation. We reviewed the literature to find original studies assessing the use of prostaglandin F2α analogs in these se...

during spring, summer and winter seasons, sistani donor cows, with normal reproductive status, were superovulated and embryos were recovered non-surgically on day 7. grade a blastocyst embryos were either transferred fresh (spring) or frozen (summer and winter). recovered embryos during summer and winter were exposed to glycerol and frozen using conventional method. during spring season, recipi...

Abstract Background Melatonin (MEL) is a powerful antioxidant molecule with anti-androgenic property. A microemulsion (ME) system loaded MEL was designed for treatment of androgenic alopecia. Pseudo-ternary phase diagram constructed, and ME formulae were developed using coconut oil, Tween 80 PEG 400. In the present study, characterized evaluated droplet size, polydispersity index, zeta potentia...

Cases of benign hepatoma, peliosis hepatis, primary hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic cholangiocarcinoma have aIl been linked to the use of androgenic steroids, mostly oxymetholonel-13. At least 25 cases ofliver-cell tumour have been reported in patients with Fanconi's anaemial-6,11,12, aplastie anaemial,4,7,8, paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinurial,12,13, panmyelopathy9 or megaloblastic anae...

This syndrome is thought to have been originally described by Ullrich (1930) and Turner (1938), but Meyer (1925) and Baer (1927) have given earlier descriptions of cases of 'ovarian agenesis' presenting with androgenic manifestations. Grumbach, van Wyk and Wilkins (1955), in a thorough review of the subject, have proved the value of sex typing of nuclei in 22 cases, and by basing the same argum...

Ob ective.-To test a team-based, educationa intervention designed to reduce ANABOLIC androgenic steroids (AAS) ado escent ath etes' intent to use anabo ic androgenic steroids (AAS) . are used by ath etes to enhance musc e Design.Randomized prospective tria . growth, increase strength, and improve Setting.-Thirty-one high schoo footba teams in the Port and, Ore, area . Physica performance .' -' ...

Male Procambarus clarkii were matched by size and largest claw length and observed interacting in pair matches before and after removal of the androgenic gland or a sham operation. Although results were not significant, trends suggested that males showed less aggression after the removal of the androgenic gland. Average bout duration did not decrease, but mean intensity of interaction decreased...