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 ...
Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya lost an appeal Wednesday against new rules that regulate the testosterone levels for athletes with a difference in sex development. Semenya has hyperandrogenism, ...
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 ...
Editor’s Note: Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. Picture the lineup of athletes along a start line as they wait eagerly for the sound of the gun ...
Hyperandrogenism is a medical condition in which the body produces excessive androgens – male sex hormones – such as testosterone. It is more commonly experienced by women, though it is seen in men, ...
Scientists have shown that in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), both the underlying endocrine condition and associated obesity appear to be contributing to the atherothrombotic state ...
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 ...
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