Androgen

The health of the American people has been on the decline. Serious health concerns like obesity, cancer, and heart disease are on the rise and are killing Americans every day before they reach old age. With the convenience of processed, prepackaged, and fast food, Americans are not as conscious as they should be about their diets and what exactly they use to fuel their bodies. Not treating their bodies with the nutrients they deserve are causing their body to deteriorate and become susceptible…

Gender should not be a Big Issue in People 's Lives According to the "Dueling Dualism" written by Anne Fausto-Sterling, Maria Patino was a Spanish hurdler who had a special condition called "androgen insensitivity". She grew up as a woman but she was later labeled as a man by a scientific test and her life was totally changed due to this fact. (Fausto-Sterling 2013, 125-134) If I were Maria, I would definitely be shocked and surprised by this fact but I think it is a normal reaction. However, it…

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do the things they do, in otherwards, toxic masculinity. In his article, he attempts to understand the mind of a murderer by using toxic masculinity to help solidify his argument. He uses these words: “The ancient social contract, underwritten by androgens (male sex hormones) and oestrogens (female sex hormones), is that a man…

Gender Identity: Biologically Inevitable or Sociologically Imposed? Today in society, gender identity is becoming a prominent topic of discussion. Many people believe that the attributes associated with a specific gender are deep rooted and established prematurely. From the time that a child is born their gender roles and personalities in life are predestined just by the term, “It’s a ___!” There are two major theories that have explanations for this phenomenon. In “The Early Development of…

Until recently gender and sex have both been viewed in binary terms, and considered interchangeable. Now as more people are publicly identifying as trans, agender, or nonbinary, and different sexual orientations are coming to light, feminism and human rights have expanded these concepts in order to encompass people who are more marginalized than their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts. However, the idea of the gender binary is still strictly enforced through popular culture, and especially…

Scientists have found that genes and prenatal hormones have an effect on homosexuality. The link is a gene or mutation on a chromosome which has an effect on DNA. This can cause what they call androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) sometimes referred to as intersex condition. Take for example, a vibrant and beautiful girl walking the beach, she is stunning and turns heads often. She has the chromosomes of a male (XY) but a body and brain with…

Annotated Bibliography Andrea Domingo California State University, San Marcos Schreiber, M. L. (2017). Evidence-based practice. Postoperative nursing considerations: Transurethral resection of the prostate. MEDSURG Nursing, 26(6), 419-422. Purpose: This article aims to describe the procedure itself, as well as indications and side effects of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). It also discusses nursing care interventions for patients in the postoperative phase and…

Increased pituitary sensitivity to gonadotrophin releasing hormone, leading to increased androgens and estrogens, triggers rapid changes in height, weight, body shape and genital development. A significant increase in white matter (which represents fiber growth and myelination) takes place during adolescence and continues into the early 20s.…

It can also be used to prevent cancer in those who are considered high risk for the disease. MOA: The mechanism of action is nonsteroidal aromatase inhibition. Pharm effects: This leads to the pharmacological effects of blocking the conversion of androgens to estrogen, reducing the serum levels of estradiol. This helps decrease cancer cell growth by reducing the amount of hormone available to the cancer cells. Evidence: In this study, 84 breast cancer patients were assigned to 2 groups, with…