Sarah Martins da Silva,Richard A Anderson
Sarah Martins da Silva
Compared to women, increasing male age is not accompanied by such marked changes in reproductive function but changes certainly do happen. These include alterations to the hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular axis, with resultant implications f...
Pietro Scicchitano,Francesco Massari
Pietro Scicchitano
The most challenging feature of heart failure (HF) still remains the evaluation of congestion. Residual congestion at discharge and the difficulties in perfectly dosing therapies in order to balance the hydration status of the patient are t...
Emanuele Pignatti,Therina du Toit,Christa E Flück
Emanuele Pignatti
The adrenal cortex undergoes multiple structural and functional rearrangements to satisfy the systemic needs for steroids during fetal life, postnatal development, and adulthood. A fully functional adrenal cortex relies on the proper subdiv...
Endocrine responses of the stress system to different types of exercise [0.03%]
不同类型的运动对压力系统内分泌反应的影响
Nikolaos Athanasiou,Gregory C Bogdanis,George Mastorakos
Nikolaos Athanasiou
Physical activity is an important part of human lifestyle although a large percentage of the population remains sedentary. Exercise represents a stress paradigm in which many regulatory endocrine systems are involved to achieve homeostasis....
Iodine status and supplementation in pregnancy: an overview of the evidence provided by meta-analyses [0.03%]
孕期碘营养状况及补碘研究进展——系统评价证据概要
Laura Croce,Luca Chiovato,Massimo Tonacchera et al.
Laura Croce et al.
Iodine supplementation during pregnancy in areas with mild-moderate deficiency is still a matter of debate. The present study aimed at systematically reviewing currently available evidences provided by meta-analyses with the aim to further ...
Relationships between endogenous and exogenous testosterone and cardiovascular disease in men [0.03%]
内源性和外源性睾丸激素与心血管疾病的关系
Arthi Thirumalai,Bradley D Anawalt
Arthi Thirumalai
In this narrative review, we discuss the evidence about the controversy about the cardiovascular effects of endogenous and exogenous testosterone in men. Prospective cohort studies with follow-up of ~5-15 years generally indicate no associa...
Peter Y Liu,Radha T Reddy
Peter Y Liu
Sleep serves important biological functions, and influences health and longevity through endocrine and metabolic related systems. Sleep debt, circadian misalignment and sleep disruption from obstructive sleep apnea is widespread in modern s...
Impulse control disorders in hyperprolactinemic patients on dopamine agonist therapy [0.03%]
多巴胺受体激动剂治疗高催乳素血症患者的冲动控制障碍
Anahid Hamidianjahromi,Nicholas A Tritos
Anahid Hamidianjahromi
Dopamine agonists (DAs) represent a mainstay of therapy for hyperprolactinemia and prolactinomas. The widespread use of DAs, including bromocriptine, cabergoline and (in some countries) quinagolide, has led to the emergence and recognition ...
Giovanni Corona,Mario Maggi
Giovanni Corona
Sexual function, and testosterone (T) levels, progressively decline in aging men. Associated morbidities and metabolic disorders can accelerate the phenomenon. The specific contribution of low T to sexual function impairment in aging men ha...
Thiago Gagliano-Jucá,Mauricio Alvarez,Shehzad Basaria
Thiago Gagliano-Jucá
The pursuit of longevity, which during the Renaissance era was limited to longing for miraculous ways of rejuvenation, such as bathing in the fountain of youth, took a scientific turn in 1889 with the publication of Brown-Sequard's self-exp...