Before menopause, women are protected from atherosclerotic heart disease associated with
obesity relative to men. Sex hormones have been proposed as a mechanism that …

Background Endogenous sex hormones are important for metabolic health in men and
women. Before menopause, women are protected from atherosclerotic cardiovascular …

Objective: Lipodystrophy syndromes are extremely rare disorders of deficient body fat
associated with potentially serious metabolic complications, including diabetes …

Elevations in plasma triglyceride are the result of overproduction and impaired clearance of
triglyceride-rich lipoproteins—very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and chylomicrons …

Introduction Whether menopause increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
independently of ageing has been a matter of debate. Controversy also exists about the …

Metabolic homeostasis operates differently in men and women. This sex asymmetry is the
result of evolutionary adaptations that enable women to resist loss of energy stores and …

Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Large, randomized
controlled trials suggest that menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) delays the onset of type 2 …

Objective: The aim was to develop clinical practice guidelines on hypertriglyceridemia.
Participants: The Task Force included a chair selected by The Endocrine Society Clinical …

Background In laboratory animals, the consumption of soy protein, rather than animal
protein, decreases serum cholesterol concentrations, but studies in humans have been …

Estrogen receptors (ERs) act by regulating transcriptional processes. The classical
mechanism of ER action involves estrogen binding to receptors in the nucleus, after which …