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good review of sex hormones and LUPUS; whether it is causative or not, sex hormones trends exist in LUPUS i.e. low DHEA in both sexes, low progesterone in women, and low Testosterone in women>men.

Sex is one of the most significant and pleasurable activities for men and women. Persons don't have sex only to conceive offspring. Why persons extend to have sex after having children? I have renowned numerous persons who relish sex even after the age of seventies so sex has no expiry time.

sex hormones readily carried on human red blood cells.  Reason transdermal progesterone is picked up in saliva and not serum.  Sex hormones are lipophillic and blood is water soluble.

Sex difference of gut flora has different metabolic effects from the same diet.  Could it all begin in the get?  Are gut flora sexist?  Of course not, but this study highlights the sex difference of the gut flora and the gender different effects.

somewhat flawed study in that they looked at serum sex hormones to evaluate men with gynecomastia compared to controls.  A better eval would have been of saliva or blood spot.  Free levels will show more subtle changes physiologically than will serum as to the sex hormones.  The study did find decreased sexual function in the men with gynecomastia--indicating hormone issues not picked up by the serum.

a large collaborative analysis finds no association between ANY sex hormones and prostate cancer.  

great article on sex hormones and neuroprotection.  This article summarizes the research on estrogen, progesterone, and aromatase activity in in vitro and in vivo studies.  Additionally, the study reviews the androgenic neuroprotection in men.  Who has said that hormones are not needed post menopausal again?  Maybe, that is the sign that they need the neuroprotective effect of hormones.

Nice review of all the sex hormones and their relationship to CVD in men.  

Differences in how mitochondria in men and women handle oxidative stress.  This gives insight to how sex hormones can play a role in neurodegeneration: whether protective or destructive.

older study and only the abstract.  However, sex hormones play role in inflammation and autoimmune disease.

Sex hormones in head and neck cancer.  The jury is still out and probably follows other hormone sensitive cancers.  

sex hormones effect thyroid function

imbalanced sex hormones in women links to SLE. 

No surprise, testosterone in men and women have different effects.  I just wrote a post on this.  Testosterone is positively associated with increased risk of diabetes in women, but inversely with men.  That is increased T in women equals increased Diabetes in women; contrast with increased T associated with decreased Diabetes in men.   But the interesting point is SHBG.  This study found a strong inverse association between SHBG with diabetes in women when compared to men.  Meaning: low SHBG is associated with an increased risk of type II Diabetes.  This is at the same time that testosterone is associated with an increased risk.

SHBG plays more of a role than just sex hormone levels.  This study shows effect in metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Good discussion of SHBG on their effects of sex hormones; and vice versa.

Another study supports saliva hormone testing.  This study involved 2,722 individuals and tested estradiol, progesterone, DHEA and testosterone in men and women.  All of these are sex hormones.  Someone needs to tell the insurance companies that the overwhelming evidence supports saliva hormone testing.  But, that would mean they are even interested in the science.

England, have you ever feel why people shout out the Lord name during lovemaking, here is the Answer.a new study explain it as sex hormone

sex hormones play a role in the gout.  It appears that testosterone therapy increases uric acid levels and estradiol decreases uric acid levels.  Though, I question this based on the use of serum levels and thus inadequate assessment of aromatase activity.  Aromatase activity does not occur in the serum, it occurs in the tissue, thus saliva would be the best tool.