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DHEA Effective In Treating Female Sexual Dysfunction.
2001 JUN 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Women suffering from sexual dysfunction due to androgen deficiency syndrome demonstrated remarkable improvement after taking the adrenal androgen steroid dehydroepiandosterone (DHEA).
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) presented these findings at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting held in early June 2001 in Anaheim, California.
DHEA is naturally produced in the body. In women with sexual dysfunction, researchers have been finding deficient quantities of DHEA synthesized, partly due to an adrenal enzyme inactivation. The adrenal enzyme 17-20 lyase, which controls the production of DHEA, often stops or slows for reasons still being investigated, thus decreasing the levels of DHEA in the body. Replacement with DHEA acts as a precursor to the other androgen sexual steroids, such as androstenedione and ...
- Study of premenopausal women: low DHEA-S levels strongly tied to low...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Sullivan, Michele G. August 15, 2004 700+ words
...dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) levels below the 10th...we have demonstrated that low DHEA-S is more likely in a women...and completed the Profile of Female Sexual Function. Premenopausal women...and responsiveness with low DHEA-S levels, but no independent...
- Low DHEA level doubles sexual dysfunction risk.(Women's...
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Johnson, Kate March 15, 2007 700+ words
...of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), according to new data from...Aging Study. "Higher levels of DHEA appear to be protective in this...questionnaires, including the Female Sexual Function Index, and annual...globulin, total testosterone, and DHEA. This analysis of the study...
- New Research Highlights Important Roles of Testosterone and DHEA in Women's...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 18, 2004 700+ words
...and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) -- two hormones that have...two methods -- the Profile of Female Sexual Function, which measures sexual...researchers have determined that DHEA, a hormone produced by the...in the lowest 10 percent for DHEA levels. "It appears that in...
- DHEA: not ready for prime time. (dietary supplement: includes related articles...
- Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter Schardt, David Schardt, Stephen March 1, 1997 700+ words
...live longer, feel better."--The DHEA Breakthrough, by Stephen Cherniske...Dr. Julian Whitaker, as quoted on the DHEA Connection's home page (www.tucsonlink...Dr. Earl Mindell, as quoted on the DHEA Center's home page (www.dheacenter...
- DHEA Salivary Test 'Spit Kit' To Analyze DHEA Introduced as Promotion by Body...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 15, 1997 700+ words
...15 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the biggest criticisms of the new DHEA craze, is that when you take DHEA from an over-the-counter supplier, you often don't know what your DHEA levels are and how much you should REALLY be taking. Body Ammo...
- DHEA.(dehydroepiandrosterone)
- Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review June 1, 2001 700+ words
Introduction Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a steroid hormone secreted primarily...physiological responses. Circulating levels of DHEA decline with age and a relationship has been suggested between lower DHEA levels and heart disease, cancer, diabetes...
- DHEA, the 'mother hormone,' may be the inner fountain to longer life
- Magazine article from: Better Nutrition Dolby, Victoria November 1, 1996 700+ words
...cumbersome name dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA for short, is a more promising aging antidote. Although DHEA's popularity is just recently starting...discovered over 60 years ago - in 1934. DHEA is called the "mother hormone" because...
- DHEA boosts growth rate of human neural stem cells.
- Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week March 8, 2004 700+ words
...exposed in a lab dish to the steroid DHEA, exhibit a remarkable uptick in growth...direct evidence of the biological effects of DHEA on the human nervous system, according...of Sciences USA. "What we saw was that DHEA significantly increased the division of...
