31.   I blame testosterone -- the male hormone that also makes guys get into fights, start wars and regard spitting for distance as a measure of sophistication.

32.   Hormones The male hormone testosterone appears to be an essential factor in prostate cancer.

33.   It affects dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, the active form of the male hormone at the hair follicle that contributes to male pattern baldness.

34.   It may be only a matter of time before millions of women are taking male hormones, and who knows where that may lead.

35.   Joan became John, requested male hormone shots, had a mastectomy and began phalloplasty to try rebuilding his male genitals with skin grafts.

36.   Many physicians prescribe drugs to starve a prostate tumor of testosterone, the male hormone that nourishes the cancer.

37.   Once puberty is in full swing, other androgens, or male hormones made in the ovaries and testicles, further stimulate the glands.

38.   On the positive side, the decrease in male hormones could retard balding, cause cholesterol levels to drop and decrease the risk of prostate cancer.

39.   On its own, it works as a weak male hormone.

40.   Ruzicka then demonstrated that cholesterol could be transformed into the male hormone androsterone.