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Signs and Symptoms of Testosterone Hormonal Imbalance

Testosterone is one of the steroid hormones released by your body’s endocrine system. Essentially a male hormone, Testosterone is also found in smaller quantities in females. While the testes secrete this hormone in males, it’s the ovaries that generate testosterone in females; the adrenal glands also generate small amounts of the steroid hormone. Testosterone is [...]

All About Anabolic Steroids

Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids or AAS, are a class of steroid hormones related to the hormone testosterone. Earlier, when testosterone was found to build muscle tissue and to cause the development of male secondary sex characteristics, medical researchers tried to use testosterone to treat diseases that caused the loss of muscle mass. [...]

Steroid Testing: A Layman’s Guide To Steroids

Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids or AAS, are a class of steroid hormones related to the hormone testosterone which is known to build muscle tissue & to cause the development of male secondary sex characteristics. However, testosterone in its natural form has a half life of only about ten minutes in the body. [...]