Hi, does anyone knows about this topic? Recently found this papers, one from a US study, regarding hormones and homosexuality, and three other from a Colombian endocrinologyst who claimed he had 'healed' homosexuality, by a therapy to change the specific levels of the 17-ketosteroids. Even though the papers are a little old, the research on the topic of hormones and homosexuality only took into account the sex hormone levels -and failed-, or the total sum of 17-ketosteroids. But almost no research done on this topic took into account the specific amounts of 17-ketosteroids, as these studies d ..read more

31 y/o, on TRT. Trying to understand the conversion ratios associated with somebody who has a 5 ar deficiency. This is my most recent DHT test, which for some reason, was shockingly difficult to get from labcorp. But I digress, is this indicative of somebody with a 5 ar deficiency? submitted by /u/Claydius_Maximus [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Dual Citizen PGY4 Endocrine Fellow here. My training has been all in Canada thus far. As I understand it, many states would license me with full Canadian training and without having to go back and take USMLE. I'm looking in to some career options on either side of the border. Anyone have experience or insight comparing community practice in US vs Canada? Is one better than the other in your opinion? I'm curious to hear your experiences Thanks in advance submitted by /u/JVitamin [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

23 male, 178cm, 82kg. I go to gym 3 times a week. On rest days I do core exercises at home. I take plenty of protein everyday. I work a 9-5 office job. No medical conditions. Lately started experiencing loss of libido and difficulty maintaining erections, I never had such issues until ~6 months ago. The testosterone, free testosterone, DHT and estradiol tests were done at 12:20 in the noon without eating anything. Since these values seemed low to me, I visited an endocrinologist who agreed that they were low for my age and suggested me to do the rest of the tests in the pictures (starting ..read more

Do endos typically work with trt clinics to ensure quality and efficiency? submitted by /u/IntellectDriven [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

how to deal with Hypercalcitutinemia? I cant find really any good guidelines how to do differential diagnoses! if someone is obese how high should be expected? junior MD here not US based. thanks submitted by /u/bmburi995 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I had a 24h urine test done and it showed that adrenaline was not detectable. Can you have little adrenaline but normal cortisol levels, do you also have these complaints? blurred vision, sometimes dizziness, muscle pain, a lot of appetite, especially cravings for salt and sugar. Always feel tired and weak and low energy. I am also in a low mood (depression) and cannot sleep well as if my brain is always active. Usually when I measure my blood pressure it is around 11/7 and pulse around 70. And my blood sugar is around 85, this is fasting and after I wake up. I have also lost 10 kilos in 4 ye ..read more

I am doing this because I am bored and I think some professionals would get use out of hearing things from the patient's perspective. submitted by /u/stelliferous7 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

my prolactin is 850mu/l and range for a man is 80-300 and my igf1 is a little over range 50nmol/l range being form 10-47 I’m a bit confused on what to do with this my testosterone come up low and low end most of the time and my atl is high I dunno if all of these can be linked in one way or another would be nice if someone could help haven’t felt my self over past few years either always tried can be bothered to do anything and really bad brain fog and trouble getting my words out submitted by /u/frankie7891011 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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