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| | Improving Sexual Function with Androgen Therapy |
 | | Androgens have actions on multiple areas of the body including bone, muscle, skin, liver, kidney, brain, immune system, bone marrow and genital organs. | | | All patients on androgen therapy should have quarterly follow-up in the first year. | | | Based upon available clinical trial data, and the 4 year experience at the Center for Sexual Medicine, these side effects are infrequent if androgen levels are maintained within normal physiological ranges and the delivery system of androgen administration is via topical testosterone therapy. |
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http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Content.aspx?DepartmentID=371&PageID=7637
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| | Androgen Insufficiency in Men |
| | Androgens affect sexual desire, bone density, muscle mass and strength, adipose tissue distribution, mood, energy and psychological well-being. | | | Symptoms of androgen insufficiency often improve by taking androgen therapy (formerly known as androgen replacement therapy or androgren supplementation). | | | If you are concerned with any physical changes which might occur after you start androgen therapy, you are welcome to contact one of our health professionals at 617 638-8576 or csm@bmc.org. |
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http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Content.aspx?PageID=6932&departmentid=371
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| | Androgen Suppression for Prostate Cancer |
| | In regards to androgen suppression therapy in localized prostate cancer, physicians at the meeting expressed differing detailed views of the precise stage at which to initiate hormonal therapy, optimal duration of treatment with hormonal therapy, and timing in regards to radiation therapy. | | | Neoadjuvant and adjuvant androgen therapy appears to improve outcomes of patients with intermediate or high-risk localized prostate cancer who are being treated with radiation therapy. | | | Although outcomes may be improved with the use of adjuvant androgen deprivation in localized prostate cancer patients who are being treated with primary radiation therapy, acute and long-term toxicities need to be weighed against these outcomes. |
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http://professional.cancerconsultants.com/conferencecoverage.aspx?id=56
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| | Androgen replacement therapy |
| | The therapeutic efficacy of androgen replacement is assessed by monitoring the patient’s clinical and serum testosterone responses. | | | The main use of androgen replacement therapy is in the management of men with hypogonadism. | | | In prepubertal boys and men with either primary or secondary hypogonadism, androgen replacement therapy is indicated to stimulate and sustain normal secondary sexual characteristics, sexual function, and behavior. |
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http://www.testosterones.com/androgenreplacement.htm
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| | Androgen Disorders in Men and Women - InfertilityPhysician.com |
| | The more androgen your body is making, the more severe the changes will be. | | | However, it is also true that the tests that we use in clinical practice may not be able to demonstrate the problem but it is there. | | | The purpose of this pamphlet is to explain this confused area of endocrinology to provide you with a better understanding of the problem you have and the therapy employed. |
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http://www.infertilityphysician.com/androgen/intro.html
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| | Androgen's role in bone loss |
| | Aging, glucocorticoid therapy for asthma, alcoholism, chronic smoking and bone marrow malignancies are believed to cause androgen deficiency. | | | The result was a mouse group with enhanced androgen responsiveness in bone, particularly among males. | | | It's also clear in intervention studies that you can effectively treat osteoporotic women with androgen." |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=16461&nfid=rssfeeds
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| | Intermittent Androgen Suppression Delays Progression to Androgen-independent Regulation of Prostate-specific Antigen ... |
| | Indeed, an increasing serum PSA following androgen ablation therapy in men with prostate cancer is the first sign of androgen-independent prostate cancer progression (6). | | | In contrast, progression to androgen independence nearly always occurs following androgen ablation therapy for patients with prostatic carcinoma. | | | Whether IAS will enhance progression-free survival or overall survival in patients with prostate cancer is unknown, although the possibility of an improved quality of life and outcome has been considered by others [31]. |
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http://www.prostatepointers.org/bruchovsky/np1/paper.html
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| | Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome |
| | Normal responsiveness to androgen after birth does not prove that it was normal before birth. | | | A common practice is to remove the testes after puberty when feminization of the affected individual is complete. | | | However, the great majority of such negative searches very probably reflect a "timing" problem; in other words, the acquisition of normal testosterone synthetic capacity or normal androgen responsiveness is delayed beyond the critical periods for normal external and/or internal male genital differentiation. |
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http://www.geneclinics.org/profiles/androgen/details.html
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| | eMedicine - Prostate Cancer: Neoadjuvant Androgen Deprivation : Article by Vipul Patel, MD |
| | Androgen deprivation therapy produces distinct histopathologic changes in both neoplastic and nonneoplastic prostate tissue. | | | In 1996, the Canadian Urologic Oncology Group (CUOG) published the results of a randomized study on 213 patients, of which 112 were treated with 12 weeks of cyproterone acetate at 300 mg/d prior to surgical therapy. | | | Three hundred and three patients were enrolled in the study and randomized to RP plus NAD with an LHRH agonist and flutamide (149 patients) or surgery alone. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3396.htm
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| | Androgen Excess Society |
| | Androgens are responsible for producing many of the physical traits we consider male (i.e.: body hair growth, increased muscles mass, and deepening of the voice). | | | Hypertrichosis : Hypertrichosis basically means "excess hair growth." Many physicians however use the word "hypertrichosis" to refer to the excess growth of vellus (fine and soft) hairs, as opposed to hirsutism (the excessive growth of thick dark hairs in a male-like pattern). | | | Flutamide : Flutamide is a drug that blocks the effect of androgens on the skin. |
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| | Relative Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Methods of Androgen Suppression in the Treatment of Advanced Prostatic ... |
| | A trial was classified as higher quality when it was double-blinded (except when orchiectomy was one of the treatments) and reported outcomes based on an intention-to-treat analysis. | | | The meta-analysis found a significant difference in 5-year overall survival in favor of radiation therapy plus continued androgen suppression compared to radiation therapy alone (hazard ratio = 0.631, 95 percent CI = 0.479 to 0.831). | | | The meta-analysis found no significant difference between immediate primary hormonal therapy and deferred therapy for survival at 5 years (hazard ratio = 0.914; 95 percent CI = 0.815 to 1.026), although the 95 percent confidence interval approaches statistical significance. |
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http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/epcsums/prossumm.htm
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| | eMedicine - Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome : Article by Bruce E Wilson, MD |
| | Contact with other individuals who have AIS is another source of psychological and emotional support for the patient. | | | Administration of androgens in more masculinized patients with PAIS has been suggested but remains highly controversial. | | | Kaufman M, Pinsky L, Bowin A: Familial external genital ambiguity due to a transformation defect of androgen-receptor complexes that is expressed with 5 alpha- dihydrotestosterone and the synthetic androgen methyltrienolone. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2222.htm
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| | Androgen |
| | These findings indicate that NO could be part of an important signaling pathway in the human hair follicle. | | | Inheritance pattern is polygenic, and incidence is the same as in men. | | | Further studies should help us to elucidate the exact mechanisms involved in the stimulation hair growth by minoxidl. |
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http://www.hairlosstalk.com/newsletter/xtrahtml/072001b.htm
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| | Androgen |
| | Men between the ages of 60 and 87 who took an androgen called oxandrolone developed stronger upper and lower body muscles than men who took a placebo, says a new study. | | | However, the Endocrine Society at the time issued this press release, warning of some of the possible harmful side effects androgen can bring. | | | The study group, under the control of the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, included 32 men. |
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http://www.youngagain.com/androgen.html
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| | Androgen Fire Art |
| | With a recent change in direction, goals and expectations, Androgen was formed. | | | More important than live performance though, Draevon and Stae have chosen to focus their energies on the pursuit of fire performance art like that of no other group. | | | Rather than a loose group of performers coming together once in a while to put together a rough show, Androgen aims to be a tight knit and well trained performance group, catering for large scale events with a degree of professionalism not often found in fire performance. |
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http://www.androgen.net.au
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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Androgen |
| | News story on the relationship between androgens and heart disease | | | Androsterone: a chemical by-product created during the breakdown of androgens, or derived from progesterone, that also exerts minor masculinising effects, but with one-seventh the intensity of testosterone. | | | The primary, and most well-known, androgen is testosterone. |
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Androgen
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| | U-M CCC - Prostate Cancer Home Page |
| | The first theory suggests that androgen independence arises as a consequence of androgen deprivation therapy. | | | One of the central questions in the study of androgen-independent prostate cancer concerns the point at which androgen-independent cells arise. | | | Further supporting this theory of the early presence of androgen resistance was the development of the transgenic mouse prostate adenocarcinoma model (TRAMP). |
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| | Androgen |
| | Current research continues on a testosterone-only patch for women to help with libido issues in women who have had their ovaries surgically removed. | | | Low androgen levels can be a problem as well, producing effects such as low libido (interest or desire in sex), fatigue, decreased sense of well being and increased susceptibility to bone disease. | | | In adult women, androgens are necessary for estrogen synthesis and have been shown to play a key role in the prevention of bone loss as well as sexual desire and satisfaction. |
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http://www.healthywomen.org/healthtopics/androgen/q/L2/5/L1/3
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| | Androgen insensitivity syndrome - Genetics Home Reference |
| | This condition is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern. | | | Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty. | | | Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome occurs when the body cannot use androgens at all. |
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http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=androgeninsensitivitysyndrome
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| | Questions to Ask |
| | Review the following Questions To Ask about androgen so you're prepared to discuss this important health issue with your health care professional. | | | Does the array of symptoms I have suggest a possible androgenic disorder? | | | Do you consider yourself up-to-date on hormonal disorders such as androgen deficiency and hyperandrogenism and their treatment? |
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http://www.healthywomen.org/healthtopics/androgen/questionstoask
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| | Androgen insensitivity syndrome, complete definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | The name "complete androgen insensitivity syndrome" is scientifically accurate and is more satisfactory to patients and their families. | | | These conditions (which include a disorder called Reifenstein syndrome) are also due to mutations in the androgen receptor gene. | | | Androgen insensitivity syndrome, complete definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14428
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| | Androgen Receptor |
| | The androgen re-ceptor may be amplified and therefore may be activated by reduced levels of dihydrotestosterone. | | | During androgen-independent progression, prostate cancer relies on various cellular pathways, some involving the androgen receptor and others bypassing it. | | | In the pathways that bypass the androgen receptor, the loss of PTEN reverses the inhibition of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K)–Akt pathway, permitting activated Akt to phos-phorylate Bad. |
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http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/tindall_lab/androgen.cfm
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| | Androgen |
| | creates the need for androgen independent prostate cancer is the same as hypogonadism | | | This website has information on triple androgen is not | | | and this is the best resource on androgenic needs |
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http://www.pillox.com/androgen/androgen.html
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| | Pharmacology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | androgen, antiandrogen, gonadotropin, corticosteroid, growth hormone, insulin, antidiabetic (sulfonylurea, biguanide/metformin, thiazolidinedione, insulin), thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs, calcitonin, diphosponate, vasopressin analogues |
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