Androgen

Docetaxel, also known as toxetere, is used as an anti- cancer chemotherapy drug. It is used to treat cases of breast, lung, prostate, head, and neck cancer. Docetaxel is administered through IV. The amount of docetaxel patients receive depends on a lot of factors. Factors such as height, weight, the type of cancer being treated, and how far along the cancer has developed factors into how much medicine the patients receive. Use of docetaxel can result in low white and red blood cell counts. This…

Welcome back educators it has been a wonderful summer relaxing time away from our wonderful children, we are back here and ready to start our year off. This year I wanted to do something different and have newsletters to go out to all of the counselors each month. Each newsletter will focus on a new topic specifically geared toward giving tips or just information that may be helpful. This month’s topic focuses Social Media and its effects on the adolescent, Social media has become a…

high as one in five incidentalomas are functional; hypersecretion of cortisol causing Cushing’s or Subclinical Cushing’s Syndrome (SCS), catecholamines leading to pheochromocytoma, aldosterone resulting in primary aldosteronism (Conn’s syndrome), androgens leading to virilization of patients, and in very rare cases renin manifesting as secondary aldosteronism. Renin is a proteolytic enzyme that is synthesized by juxtaglomerular cells. Its release into the bloodstream can be triggered by…

Birth Control is one of the main conflicts between a daughter and her mother or father. They always argue that they’re to young or that this pill is used as a cover so that their daughter can have sex. But, little do they know Birth Control can do more than just prevent them from being pregnant. Birth control always comes out as a “second condom” for sex. Because of this, parents and guardians always have a hard time determining if they want their daughter on this. There are plenty of other…

random mutations. Females who possess one copy of the mutated DMD gene are at an increased risk of developing problems with various types of muscle tissue, including cardiac muscle tissue8,9. In one study, the origin of X chromosomes was studied using androgen receptor alleles. The inheritance of the DMD mutation was based on the individual’s mother or analysis of the mutation locus on Xp21. In a majority of the cases studied, the inactive X chromosome was parental 73% of the time and the DMD…

testosterone, somatotropin and insulin-like development component 1, increase the activity of EPO (Jelkmann, 2011). For example, the higher RBC includes and haemoglobin focuses [Hb] men contrasted with female result from the incitement of erythropoiesis by androgens and its restraint by oestrogens (Jelkmann, 2011). According to Marieb and Hoehn (2013) the percentage of haematocrit in healthy athlete can increase from 45% to 65% upon injecting recombinant EPO. Therefore, treatment of soundman…

(Wikipedia contributors. "Antiandrogen." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 21 Sep. 2015. Web. 5 Dec. 2015). “According to the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, when treating child molesters, "anti-androgen treatment should be coupled with appropriate monitoring and counseling within a comprehensive treatment plan.”(Wikipedia contributors. "Pedophilia." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 Nov. 2015. Web. 5 Dec.…

Researcher John Moni believes that the various levels of prenatal androgen hormones can affect nerve patterns in the brain, thus predispose people to "masculine" or "feminine" mental models. Biology offers no explanation why a woman cannot show physical aggression but like the man. Anne Fausto - Sterling "geneticist" is…

secondary sexual characteristics in adolescnt girls include breast development and body hair growth (Arnett 2016, p. 352). As for puberty in the male adolescent, the group of hormones that are responsible for puberty are known as androgens (Arnett 2016; p. 350). The main androgen involved in male puberty is testosterone (Arnett 2016, p. 352). According to figure 8.2 on page 352 of the textbook, some of the physical changes in boys during puberty include body hair growth, sperm production, and a…

HERPETOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 2 1. List the scientific and common names of 2 different species of crocodilians, and produce a series of 10 bullet points below the name, listing interesting and important facts that relate to each of those species. Species 1 - American Alligator, Mississippi Alligator, Pike-headed alligator, "gator" (Alligator mississippiensis) (Britton 2009a) Picture: Figure 1 - Alligator mississippiensis(Hillman 2004) 1. Alligator mississippiensis of the order Crocodylia and the…