Essays Tagged: "Androgen"
Thesis paper on anabolic-androgenic steroids.
Anabolic-androgenic steroids, more commonly referred to as anabolics, is the familiar name for synthetic subs ... ed to as anabolics, is the familiar name for synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones (androgens). They promote the growth of skeletal muscle (anabolic effects) and the development of mal ... he growth of skeletal muscle (anabolic effects) and the development of male sexual characteristics (androgenic effects). In the past three decades, steroid use has increased almost 75% among adolescen ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Drugs and their influence on sports today
a number of drugs that can help enhance your performance but the most controversial one is anabolic androgen steroids, which are a derivation of testosterone. But many of the negative results that occ ... ases of mortality as well as death from cancer. Clotting abnormalities can also be produced by some androgens. The list goes on and on from increased facial hair growth and acne to heart disease and e ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Health and medicine
eggs and decrease production of sex hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and to a lower extent androgen. It is a unique and natural experience for every womanPrevalence: It affects all women at s ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
Anabolic Steroids
t longer discovered anabolic steroids. Also anabolic steroids work by coupling with the cytoplasmic androgen receptor, where the steroid-receptor complex moves into the nucleus and binds to DNA. Most ... as well as how and why steroids are taken.Anabolic steroids, more correctly referred to as anabolic-androgenic steroids, are a class of drugs typically taken by athletes and weight trainers to increas ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Steriod use and effects on Athletes
ones, which means "solid" in Greek. The body produces about 600 different kinds of steroids called androgens these kinds include testosterone. The amount of testosterone produced in males is about 10 ... s take about 100 mg daily (Mishra, 2). When we talk about steroids we are referring to the anabolic-androgenic steroids, but athletes are more concerned with the anabolic property. Anabolic in Greek m ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Gender role
romosome. Second, there is hormonal difference between men and women. Testosterone (aggression) and androgen are higher in men while estrogen and others are higher in women. Third, they have a differe ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Anabolic Steroids.
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
A Detailed Explanation of Gynecomastia
esA great number of patients who suffer from this disease have a disturbance in the proper ratio of androgen and estrogen levels. The normal ratio of the two hormones in plasma is approximately 100:1. ... reased estrogen stimulation, decreased testosterone levels, or some alteration of the estrogens and androgen so that the androgen-estrogen ratio is decreased"(Williams 373). From this information it w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Steroids
Anabolic- androgenic steroids are man-made substances associated to male sex hormones. Anabolic refers to musc ... ds are man-made substances associated to male sex hormones. Anabolic refers to muscle building, and androgenic refers to the class of drugs steroids are only legal if prescribed. They are also only to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Striods
Steroids are a synthetic substance, which are related to the male sex hormone (androgen). Steroids play a role in the development of the skeletal muscles and promote the male char ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
The New Breed of Steroids
te on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (2005) the scientific name for the commonly used term steroids, is anabolic androgenic steroids. Anabolic is associated with the building of muscles and androgen is related wi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
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