Testosterone replacement therapy and cardiovascular events

A low testosterone level and hypogonadism are associated with cardiovascular disease. Aging, chronic health problems, and obesity are all associated with a low testosterone level as well as the presence and severity of cardiovascular disease. Testosterone is increasingly prescribed for patients with clinical hypogonadism and a low testosterone level.

Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Components of the Metabolic Syndrome

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Testosterone replacement therapy: the emperor’s new clothes

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Japanese workplace health management in pneumoconiosis prevention

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Epidemiology of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases in a French Nationwide H…

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Levobupivacaine for labor analgesia

Combined spinal‑epidural analgesia has become the preferred technique for labor analgesia as it combines the benefits of both spinal analgesia and flexibility of epidural catheter. Study was carried out with the primary aim to compare levobupivacaine and ropivacaine with fentanyl in terms of onset and duration of sensory block and to know maternal and fetal outcome