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Obese teen boys have up to 50 percent less testosterone than lean boys, UB study findsPublic release date: 16-Oct-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Ellen Goldbaum goldbaum@buffalo.edu 716-645-4605 University at Buffalo
Results send 'grim message' that obese teen males may become impotent, infertile adults
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A study by the University at Buffalo shows for the first time that obese males ages 14 to 20 have up to 50 percent less total testosterone than do normal males of the same age, significantly increasing their potential to be impotent and infertile as adults.
The paper was published online as an accepted article in Clinical Endocrinology.
The authors are the same researchers in the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences who first reported in 2004 the presence of low testosterone levels, known as hypogonadism, in obese, type 2 diabetic adult males and confirmed it in 2010 in more than 2,000 obese men, both diabetic and nondiabetic.
"We were surprised to observe a 50 percent reduction in testosterone in this pediatric study because these obese males were young and were not diabetic," says Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine, chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the UB medical school and first author on the study. "The implications of our findings are, frankly, horrendous because these boys are potentially impotent and infertile," says Dandona. "The message is a grim one with massive epidemiological implications."
The small study included 25 obese and 25 lean males and was controlled for age and level of sexual maturity. Concentrations of total and free testosterone and estradiol, an estrogen hormone, were measured in morning fasting blood samples. The results need to be confirmed with a larger number of subjects, Dandona says.
"These findings demonstrate that the effect of obesity is powerful, even in the young, and that lifestyle and nutritional intake starting in childhood have major repercussions throughout all stages of life," he says.
In addition to the reproductive consequences, the absence or low levels of testosterone that were found also will increase the tendency toward abdominal fat and reduced muscle, Dandona says, leading to insulin resistance, which contributes to diabetes.
"The good news is that we know that testosterone levels do return to normal in obese adult males who undergo gastric bypass surgery," says Dandona. "It's possible that levels also will return to normal through weight loss as a result of lifestyle change, although this needs to be confirmed by larger studies."
The UB researchers now intend to study whether or not weight loss accomplished either through lifestyle changes or through pharmacological intervention will restore testosterone levels in obese teen males.
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A photo of Dandona is at http://www.buffalo.edu/news/13736.
Co-authors with Dandona are Muniza Mogri, MD, a medical resident in the UB Department of Pediatrics, Sandeep Dhindsa, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine at UB; Husam Ghanim, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine; and Teresa Quattrin, MD, A. Conger Goodyear Professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics, housed in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
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Obese teen boys have up to 50 percent less testosterone than lean boys, UB study findsPublic release date: 16-Oct-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Ellen Goldbaum goldbaum@buffalo.edu 716-645-4605 University at Buffalo
Results send 'grim message' that obese teen males may become impotent, infertile adults
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A study by the University at Buffalo shows for the first time that obese males ages 14 to 20 have up to 50 percent less total testosterone than do normal males of the same age, significantly increasing their potential to be impotent and infertile as adults.
The paper was published online as an accepted article in Clinical Endocrinology.
The authors are the same researchers in the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences who first reported in 2004 the presence of low testosterone levels, known as hypogonadism, in obese, type 2 diabetic adult males and confirmed it in 2010 in more than 2,000 obese men, both diabetic and nondiabetic.
"We were surprised to observe a 50 percent reduction in testosterone in this pediatric study because these obese males were young and were not diabetic," says Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine, chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the UB medical school and first author on the study. "The implications of our findings are, frankly, horrendous because these boys are potentially impotent and infertile," says Dandona. "The message is a grim one with massive epidemiological implications."
The small study included 25 obese and 25 lean males and was controlled for age and level of sexual maturity. Concentrations of total and free testosterone and estradiol, an estrogen hormone, were measured in morning fasting blood samples. The results need to be confirmed with a larger number of subjects, Dandona says.
"These findings demonstrate that the effect of obesity is powerful, even in the young, and that lifestyle and nutritional intake starting in childhood have major repercussions throughout all stages of life," he says.
In addition to the reproductive consequences, the absence or low levels of testosterone that were found also will increase the tendency toward abdominal fat and reduced muscle, Dandona says, leading to insulin resistance, which contributes to diabetes.
"The good news is that we know that testosterone levels do return to normal in obese adult males who undergo gastric bypass surgery," says Dandona. "It's possible that levels also will return to normal through weight loss as a result of lifestyle change, although this needs to be confirmed by larger studies."
The UB researchers now intend to study whether or not weight loss accomplished either through lifestyle changes or through pharmacological intervention will restore testosterone levels in obese teen males.
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A photo of Dandona is at http://www.buffalo.edu/news/13736.
Co-authors with Dandona are Muniza Mogri, MD, a medical resident in the UB Department of Pediatrics, Sandeep Dhindsa, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine at UB; Husam Ghanim, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine; and Teresa Quattrin, MD, A. Conger Goodyear Professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics, housed in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
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LEBANON JUNCTION, KY (WAVE) - An overnight fire gutted a Lebanon Junction church earlier this summer.?The congregation vowed to rebuild, but was forced to find another place to worship until then.?
Two faiths meet in one house of God.?After mass at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Sunday service begins for Dennie Memorial United Methodist members.
"It's been a great blessing. They're Christians just like us.?We don't look at it as any different. Except we want to get back to our home," Pastor Calvin Johnson said.
St. Benedict is a temporary home after a fire gutted Pastor Johnson's sanctuary.
"We are doing pretty well.?People are still giving every week.?Attendance has been steady at St. Benedict in fact it's been up a little bit," Pastor Johnson said.
Dennie Memorial United Methodist Church has since been leveled after church leaders deemed it was a total loss.?Now the property is just an empty lot.
Members are optimistic.?The church plans to have service in a new building by Easter 2013.
"Any contractors or architects that want to put in a bid on this to get it started - we'll give them what our floor plan is and get it going from there," Pastor Johnson said.
Insurance covered their loss.?That does not mean those in and outside the congregation have given up raising money. ???? "We're hoping that this will grow not only us, but all the Christian communities here in Lebanon Junction," Johnson said.
Online registration for the DV-2014 Program began Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and will conclude on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time. Go to www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period to submit an entry. The lottery is free to enter. If you are on a website which requires payment ? do not proceed with the application.
Affidavits of Support
One attendee at our clinic was facing an issue with an affidavit of support which was part of the marriage petition process. An affidavit of support is a guarantee to the U.S. government that a green card applicant will not become a ?public charge.? The person offering the affidavit would have to demonstrate his or her financial health in a number of ways including a job letter, tax returns, and bank statements. If they don?t have enough income and/or assets to qualify, it is possible for sponsors to have a friend or relative cosponsor. If readers have further questions on the process, email us or attend our next clinic.
Legal Clinic update
We had a great turnout at the legal clinic in The Banshee on Tuesday night. Everyone who attended had a free consultation with leading immigration attorney Dan Harrington. Our next clinic will be at 6:30 pm on November 6th, at The Banshee.
Email me your immigration query or a topic you would like us to cover today: Kieran@ipcboston.org
Disclaimer: Please note that the information contained in it is provided to inform generally, and is not intended as a substitute for individual advice. Immigration law is subject to frequent changes and individual circumstances can affect the application of certain legal provisions. For individual legal advice, please contact the Irish Pastoral Centre directly regarding upcoming legal clinics or consultation with an immigration attorney.
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Irish immigration, Boston Local, Irish Emigrant, Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston
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Flying robots of the future may have the smarts of bees, a level of artificial intelligence with potential applications ranging from search and rescue missions to mechanical pollination of crops.
The first step in the Green Brain project underway at a pair of British universities is to develop accurate computer models of the neural systems that govern honey bee vision and sense of smell.?
Such smarts would, eventually, allow the team to build a flying robot that can sense and act as autonomously as a bee instead of carrying out a set of pre-programmed instructions.
The $1.3 million project is led by James Marshall at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the University of Sussex.
According to a news release, understanding the brain of the socially complex honey bee is an alternative approach to artificial intelligence research, where other teams have focused on the brains of rats, monkeys and humans.
The bee brain is smaller and more accessible than any vertebrate brain, Marshall explained.?
In addition to building intelligent, autonomous robots, the research may lead to discoveries about what is causing wild honey bee populations around the world to plummet.?
Or, at least, contribute to the development of mechanical pollinators such as the Robobees project at Harvard University.
John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. To learn more about him, check out his website. For more of our Future of Technology series, watch the featured video below.
DENVER (AP) ? A man wounded in the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater is appearing in a nationwide television spot aimed at drawing attention to gun violence as part of the upcoming presidential debates.
Stephen Barton, 22, of Southbury, Conn., was among the 58 people injured in the July 20 attack in Aurora that also left 12 people dead.
Barton was bicycling across the country and staying with a friend the night of the shooting. He now does victim outreach and policy research for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which helped produce the ad that began airing Monday.
In the 30-second TV spot, Barton urges people to ask themselves during the debates which candidate has a plan to stop gun violence.
Filmed inside an empty movie theater, Barton talks about his experience during the shooting as photos are shown of jagged gunshot wounds to his face and neck.
"I was lucky. In the next four years, 48,000 Americans won't be so lucky, because they'll be murdered with guns in the next president's term, enough to fill over 200 theaters," Barton says in the ad.
Meanwhile, the families of eight people killed in the theater shooting joined the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to urge the moderator of Wednesday's debate to ask President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney about gun violence.
"To ignore the problem of gun violence in a state where two of the worst shootings in U.S. history took place ? Aurora and Columbine ? would not only be noticeable by its absence but would slight the memories of our loved ones killed," the letter said.
Jim Lehrer of PBS is moderating the event at the University of Denver.
Obama and Romney have been largely quiet about guns during the campaign, except when prodded about high-profile cases.
Obama has supported a renewed ban on assault-type weapons, and he blames Congress for opposing such measures. The president also has signed laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons in national parks and in checked bags on Amtrak trains.
Romney says he thinks the nation needs tougher enforcement of gun laws already on the books, not new gun laws. The key is to identify deranged or distressed people and keep them from carrying out terrible acts, he says.
The TV ad featuring Barton is part of the "Demand A Plan" campaign led by shooting survivors and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan group of more than 725 mayors who advocate closing what they say are loopholes in laws designed to prevent felons, domestic violence offenders, people who are seriously mentally ill and other dangerous people from obtaining firearms.
"Especially now, given what's happened in the past few months with guns and these mass shootings, I don't think there is a better opportunity to talk about this," Barton told The Associated Press.
Barton said it's frustrating that the candidates have shied away from gun policy, and he hopes the new ad will start a conversation about gun violence and how to stop it.
"At some point we have to demand a certain level of courage and independence among politicians," he said. "At some point you just have to expect more, even in an election season."
The ad, which does not endorse Obama or Romney, indicates it was paid for by the United Against Illegal Guns Support Fund, the fundraising arm for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
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