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Alopecia areata, a type of hair loss, may be passed through T cells and has genetic links, while treatments vary in effectiveness. Male pattern baldness can be treated with finasteride and is influenced by androgens in hair follicles.

Understanding how DHT works is important for diagnosing and treating hormone-related disorders.

Testosterone may have a dual role in COVID-19, potentially worsening outcomes in men, and testosterone therapy could help some patients, but more research is needed.

Testosterone therapy aims to treat hormone deficiencies and various conditions safely and effectively, but requires careful patient monitoring due to potential side effects.

Higher enzyme levels found in women with hair loss, suggesting hormone imbalance.

The conclusion suggests that PCOS may persist due to genetic traits that, while harmful for female fertility, could have provided survival and reproductive benefits to males.

Finasteride helps hair growth but may cause sexual side effects and depression.

Certain compounds, especially those with a propionic substituent, could potentially be new treatments for hair loss and similar disorders.

Lack or blocking of SRD5a, a key component in hormone creation, can lead to conditions like pseudohermaphrodism and affect hair growth, bone mass, muscle strength, and reproductive health. More research is needed on its regulation from fertilization to adulthood.

5α-reductase inhibitors help shrink the prostate, improve urinary symptoms, and may reduce prostate cancer risk.

Androgens, male hormones, affect physical and mental functions, with a decrease leading to health issues like muscle loss, bone disease, and depression, and more research is needed on long-term effects and treatments.

Too much AKR1C3 enzyme causes resistance to finasteride by increasing testosterone.

Testosterone and dihydrotestosterone play a role in women's health issues like excess hair and baldness, and treatments blocking these hormones may help.

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia may be caused by changes in how the body processes male hormones.

Testosterone and some of its forms can strongly stimulate oil gland growth in skin.

Surgery to lower high testosterone in postmenopausal women with certain ovarian tumors doesn't significantly affect their metabolism.

The document concludes that the 5 alpha-reductase enzymes are important in steroid metabolism and related to various human diseases, with inhibitors used to treat conditions like male pattern baldness and prostate issues.

Merck will refund the cost of the drug finasteride if it doesn't improve symptoms within six months or if the patient needs surgery within two years.

Hormonal contraceptives can help treat acne by affecting sebum production and androgen levels.

MENT could be a better option than testosterone for male hormone therapy and birth control because it works well at lower doses and has fewer side effects on the prostate.

New compounds may soon be tested to treat excessive hair growth in women.

Taking oral testosterone with finasteride or dutasteride doubles testosterone levels, and food slightly affects it.

The new oral testosterone pill normalized testosterone levels and lowered SHBG in men with low testosterone.

The document concludes that better biomarkers are needed to detect long-term oral testosterone use in athletes.

Low testosterone and 5α-reductase inhibitors can harm men's metabolic and sexual health; testosterone therapy may help, but discussing 5α-RIs' side effects is important.

Taking 5α-reductase inhibitors with prednisolone can worsen its negative effects on metabolism.

Testosterone and its metabolites have varied effects on different body systems, especially during puberty.

Androgens like testosterone affect skin health and can lead to conditions such as acne and hair loss, with various treatments available.

Different animals have unique versions of the enzyme that changes testosterone into another hormone, which is important for creating effective treatments for prostate and hair loss conditions.

Testosterone causes hair loss in AGA mice, which are good for testing baldness treatments, and both minoxidil and cyproterone acetate can prevent this hair loss.