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To: allmendream

PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), which affects at least 5% of women and one of the most common causes of fertility problems in women, causes ovaries to produce androgen hormones. It’s a reason why quite a few women have mustaches, other body heir problems, male pattern baldness, acne, and other problems, including obesity that is not helped by a high-carb and low-fat diet (women with PCOS often need balanced diets or low-carb diets to lose weight). And, yes, the extra testosterone can cause aggression but you need to remember that most women don’t grow up learning how to control it the way men do.


40 posted on 09/10/2009 3:04:58 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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Well then they would be out of the “normal” range for women as they have some sort of metabolic defect such that they produce androgens instead of estrogens.

I am still unclear on if 3X the average is within the range of what a normal woman (i.e. without any defect of syndrome) would have. I guess I could always look, I mean, I DO biomedical research for a living.....

49 posted on 09/10/2009 3:10:59 PM PDT by allmendream
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