Hyperandrogenism is a condition characterised by an excess of androgens, or male sex hormones, in a woman’s blood. This excess leads to symptoms typically more common in men, such as acne, seborrhea, ...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) In the wake of the Caster Semenya sex-test scandal at the 2009 world championships, track and field's international governing body introduced contentious rules making ...

IT’S a condition that can cause obesity, excess hair and a deeper voice for women – as well as many other medical complications surrounding fertility. Here’s everything you need to know about ...

DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya has caused concern among athletes that her condition, hyperandrogenism, is giving her an unfair advantage. And the IAAF have ruled that Semenya will have ...

Caster Semenya is a winner. The South African runner ranks first in the world for the women’s 800 meters and is second in women’s overall. She’s won gold medals in two Olympics and in two World ...

Sports are not a level playing field. They never will be. Picture the lineup of athletes along a start line as they wait eagerly for the sound of the gun or gymnasts as they perform flips on a balance ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2007;3(11):778-783. Clinical features initially attributed to PCOS Hirsutism, subfertility, greasy skin and acne Hirsutism, secondary amenorrhea, weight gain ...

The International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF] approved controversial rule changes for athletes with hyperandrogenism on Thursday, setting a limit on the permissible naturally produced ...

Sebastian Coe has insisted the IAAF is right to go to the courts to ensure that Caster Semenya and other athletes with hyperandrogenism are not allowed to compete unless they take action to suppress ...

Testosterone is a male sex hormone or androgen that stimulates development of secondary sexual characteristics. This anabolic steroid hormone is produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries, ...

Lesbians are more than twice as likely as heterosexual women to have a hormonal imbalance that causes infertility, a British study has found, linking for the first time lesbian sexual orientation with ...

It's a medical condition which can cause acne, facial hair, and weight gain for women IT’S a condition that can cause obesity, excess hair and a deeper voice for women – as well as many other medical ...