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- 2171: Anabolic Steroids
- ... compounds that resemble the natural male sex hormone testosterone. Male hormones have two different effects in the body. Hormones have an anabolic effect, which stimulates growth, and they have an androgenic effect, which increases male sexual characteristics. Anabolic steroids are constructed synthetically to maximize the anabolic (growth) effect and minimize the androgenic (male characteristic) effect. Steroids are molecules that occur naturally in the body and are carried in the bloodstream and ...
- 2172: Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Disorders In Pregnant Women
- ... Preventive measures start with exercise and diet and frequent check-ups if not hospitalized. In recent study a preventive measure for pre-eclampsia was immunological intercourse. It is suggested that by increasing the duration of sexual cohabitation before the first pregnancy with partner. It has been observed that repeated exposure to male ejaculation may prevent pre-eclampsia. In the study of 83 pre-eclamptics it had an average of 59.4 ...
- 2173: The Safety of Blood
- ... for the recipient. Before the donor even gets close to the bed or the needle, he first must complete a thorough survey asking about his past and potentially risky behavior. The survey asks about recent sexual encounters, focusing on homosexual situations. It also asks about drug use, body piercing, and prostitution, which are all considered to be "at risk behaviors." If the donor has participated in such behavior he will not ...
- 2174: The Hormones and Development of One's Sex
- ... acquire the ability to function as endocrine organs, and (2), to show the mechanisms by which the endocrine secretions modulate male development. The researchers went through an extremely extensive explanation of the formation of the sexual phenotypes by detailing the development of germ cells. They explained how women's and men's gonads appear identical until Leydig cells, which synthesize testosterone, appear in the connective tissue. This is when differentiation begins ...
- 2175: HIV
- ... also been shown that HIV can be found in urine, tears, saliva, and feces but no evidence of transmission through these fluids. There is hard evidence stating that HIV has been transmitted by the following; sexual intercourse, either anal or vaginal. Contact with vaginal fluid and semen, transplanted organs or blood from an infected person. The contact with infected blood, the sharing syringes by drug users, tattoo needles that are not ...
- 2176: Hepatitis
- ... which Hep. A is spread, in fact most all Hepatitis's are spread in the same way, but there are its differences. Hep. B can be spread through a wide range of human contact including sexual contact with an infected person, as well as simply living in the same area with a person who has the Hep. B virus. It is the most contagious of the Hepatitis viruses. It's even ...
- 2177: Ebola
- ... humans can get Ebola is by eating an infected animal or drinking the milk of an infected animal. Ebola is spread from human to human by contact with infected blood, infected body fluids, or through sexual contact. Even after a person recovers completely from Ebola, it may stay in the semen for up to seven weeks. In the African outbreaks it has also been transmitted by the reuse of needles because ...
- 2178: Cystic Fibrosis
- ... soluble vitamin D, which is necessary for proper calcium metabolism. The bones become porous and brittle. Deficiency of vitamin A occurs from the body's inability to absorb fats from which vitamin A is obtained. Sexual development may be delayed and women may experience secondary amenorrhea during exacerbations. There is no cure to date. They have made progress towards a cure. They isolated the gene at U of M in 1989 ...
- 2179: Inflammatory Bowel Disease/ Crohn's Disease
- ... good idea for women with Crohn's disease to discuss the matter with their doctors before pregnancy. Children who do get the disease are sometimes more severely affected than adults, with slowed growth and delayed sexual development in some cases. How Is Crohn's Disease Diagnosed? If you have experienced chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, weight loss, and anemia, the doctor will examine you for signs of Crohn's disease. The ...
- 2180: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
- ... with products and services designed to push us towards losing weight. As a result, it is not surprising to find that adolescents who are undergoing uncontrollable body changes and the onset of new emotional and sexual drives seek dieting in order to enhance their sense of self-control and acceptance by others.” Recently it has been discovered that a possible cause for eating disorders is due to an defective hormone. That ...
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