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higher prevalence of toe nail fungus in those with psoriasis vs controls.

This study assumes a 13% low T prevalence.  Probably too low.  This will only grow.  Low T contributes to many disease states in men. This study showed a cost of 190-525$ billion in cost from these disease states over a 20 year time period.

Government review of trends of states reporting on Autism incidence/prevalence. The question, is why are not all of the state following this? Especially Louisiana and Mississippi.

Prevalence of mild Traumatic Brain Injury was found to be 9.5% in returning US soldiers.  This was associated with PTSD and Etoh abuse.

vitamin C shown to benefit stroke patients.  Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is extremely prevalent in the brain.  Functions to scavenge free radicals

Use of Vitamin C and Vitamin E associated with a 78% reduced prevalence of Alzheimer's disease.

scary statistics of the prevalence and the trends of obesity in the US.

vitamin D deficiency found highly prevalent in children with critical illness

Vitamin D deficiency found more prevalent in those children with critical illnesses; and with greater severity of illness.

Hot flashes reduced with weight loss in those not taking HRT.  Reduced fat equals reduced inflammation equals reduced hot flashes/night sweats.  The more inflamed an individual, the more prevalent/significant the hot flashes.

The prevalence of low T varies significantly between lean versus overweight men.  This suggests a significant contribution of obesity and its biologic effects as a cause of low T.  The difference is 30%.

Declining Testosterone or low Testosterone is clearly associated with poor health in men.   Very nice review of the association between low Testosterone and metabolic dysfunction.  Low T is associated with increased metabolic syndrome, Diabetes, weight gain, insulin resistance...

liposomal curcumin at 20 mg/kg reduced pancreatic tumor growth by 42% in in vitro and xenograft studies.  The curcumin, the most prevalent polyphenol in tumeric, was given intraperitoneal in this study.

endocrine disrupting pthalates disrupt marine animal hormones.  This effect was more prevalent in males than females.

multiple parasite infection cause of many cases of diarrhea.  A common combination of Blastocystis hominis and Endolimax nana is prevalent.

I like this study.  So many men, and women for that matter, focus on cardio for health and weight loss.  In men, low Testosterone is associated with aging as is weight.  This inverse relationship leads to the sarcopenic (belly, manboobs, and thin arms/legs) obesity so prevalent in older men today.  This study found that older men do have lower levels of enzymes and androgens from muscle biopsies as compared to younger men.  A 12 week resistance training regimen of only knee flexion and extension (simple) resulted in increased 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.  

neurodegenerative disease on the rise, unless we become very proactive

Autism spectrum has increased to 1 in 91 in American Children

cardiometabolic disease more prevalent in NFL lineman

Study looked at low T in men with type 1 Diabetes.  Only abstract available here.  Study finds appx 10% prevalence with age, waist circumference and insulin requirements as predictive of low T in men with type 1 Diabetes.