Sentences with phrase «measuring sex hormones»

When each generation of mice was 15 months old, the researchers measured sex hormone levels, sperm concentrations and sperm motility, or movement (a potential sign of infertility).

When saliva was alternatively used to measure sex hormones, Frydenberg and colleagues found that high mammographic density was significantly associated with high progesterone levels among women ages 25 to 35 years old (32).

Not exact matches

Measuring the levels of sex hormones in patients» blood may identify patients likely to suffer a sudden cardiac arrest, a heart rhythm disorder that is fatal in 95 percent of patients.

To achieve this desired goal of a healthy balance between these major sex hormones, one must learn how to accurately measure their levels.

Another way to check hormone status is to measure the actual hormone levels like T4 / T3 (thyroid), or cortisol / dhea (adrenals), or estrogen / progesterone / testosterone (sex hormones).

Both interventions were found to offer significant improvements in hirsutism, and improved levels of follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH) levels, sex hormone - binding globulin (SHBG), total testosterone, androstenedione, and free androgen index (FAI)-- a useful measure of the testosterone / SHBG ratio.

For example, diurnal testing can be done where cortisol can be measured multiple times per day (morning, noon, afternoon, and evening) and sex hormones can be measured all month long.

If you've read what Dr. Lee says about saliva hormone testing, you know that saliva tests measure your sex and adrenal hormones in ways that are superior to other tests.

DHT wasn't measured, but since DHT is the principle male hormone for sex drive and function, you would not expect these positive results if fenugreek was a DHT inhibitor.

In 280 women with a mean age of 18 years old, Boyd and colleagues observed positive associations of serum estradiol, testosterone, progesterone, and sex hormone — binding globulin (SHBG) concentrations with percentage of breast water, a measure of the proportion of the fibroglandular breast tissue to fatty tissue, but only SHBG results were statistically significant (31).

The current study included women with data on both endogenous sex hormones and breast tissue composition measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from the DISC06 Follow - Up Study.