It has long been recognized that the symptom complex of fibromyalgia can be seen with hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism may been categorized, like diabetes, into type I (hormone deficient) and type II (Hormone resistant). Most cases of fibromvalgia fall into the latter category. The syndrome is reversible with treatment, and is usually of late onset. It is [...]

By Johen E. Morley, MB, BCh It is now been clearly demonstrated both in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies that testosterone levels decrease over the lifespan in males. Because of the increase in sex hormone binding globulin in aging, the decline in testosterone levels is even greater when a measurement of free of bioavailable testosterone (free [...]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Oregon Health & Science University researchers will unveil research results that help explain why middle-aged women develop central body fat. The announcement will take place during the 2005 Society for Endocrinology annual meeting today in San Diego. The OHSU research team has also conducted initial testing of estrogen replacement therapy as [...]

Question: Does a reduction in visceral fat reverse the deregulation of carbohydrate metabolism and the risk of age-associated disease? The link between obesity and disease of aging has been confirmed in studies using calorically limited to approximately 65% of their ad labium caloric intake, the mass of tat tissue is markedly decreased and the animals [...]

The most dramatic and rapidly occurring changes in the women around the age 50 is menopause. The level of cycling estradiol (E2) production during the reproductive years drops dramatically. Not long ago, the prevailing view was that menopause resulted from an exhaustion of ovarian follicles. An alternative perspective is that age-related changes in the central [...]