objectives: to critically evaluate the effect of red clover on hot flash, endometrial thickness, and hormones status in postmenopausal and peri- and post-menopausal women. materials and methods: medline (1966 to july 2014), scopus (1990 to july 2014), and the cochrane central register of controlled trials (the cochrane library issue 1, 2014) were searched for published randomized controlled tri...

The effects of treatment of patients with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRHa) combined with purified follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were investigated in detail to determine the influences of different administration routes and the degree of suppression of luteinizing hormone (LH). Responses to exogenous gonadotrophins were studied in infertile w...

BACKGROUND The second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) is used as a marker of prenatal sex hormone exposure. The objective of this study was to examine whether circulating concentrations of sex hormones and SHBG measured in adulthood was associated with 2D:4D. METHODS This analysis was based on a random sample from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. The sample consisted of of 1036 men and...

There is considerable epidemiological evidence that a Western-style diet may increase the risk of certain hormone-dependent conditions in men via its effects on hormone metabolism. Experimental evidence also suggests that dietary factors may exert subtle effects on hormone metabolism. Here we review the clinical and epidemiological evidence that diet is associated with circulating sex hormone l...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between sex hormones and natriuretic peptide levels in community-based adults. BACKGROUND Women have higher circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations than men, but the mechanisms for these sex-related differences and the impact of hormone therapy are unclear. Experimental studies suggest that androgens may suppress natriuret...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (symmetric, asymmetric, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) is an almost invariable accompaniment of primary hyperparathyroidism. Five of 18 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had raised serum concentrations of parathyroid hormone with normal serum calcium concentrations. Left ventricular hypertrophy did not occur in any of the six patients with hypercalcaemia al...