Cardiovascular Diseases
Studies from C. Vitale et al provide new data on cardiovascular diseases
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 13th, 2011
2011 JAN 13 -- According to recent research from Rome, Italy, "Over the last decade, compelling evidence supports the idea that the different impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the differences in vascular biology in men and women may be, at least in part, related to the cardiovascular and metabolic effects of sex steroid hormones. Indeed, androgens and oestrogens influence a multitude of vascular biological processes and their cardiovascular effects are multifaceted."
"While in women the effects of androgens mainly depend upon oestrogens' levels and, ultimately, upon the estradiol/testosterone ratio, the effects of androgens in men mostly relate to...
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