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Heads & Tales: A Neuroendocrinology Blog

By Dr. Alan R Jacobs

Two new oral testosterone products are pricey. Are they worth it?

alanjacobsmd / August 3, 2022
Since 2019 the FDA has approved two novel oral testosterone products: both are categorized as generic testosterone undecanoate. The two brands...
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Hypogonadism, Oral Testosterone

Anxiety and PCOS

alanjacobsmd / March 11, 2022
Illustration by Marta Pucci. Photo courtesy of helloclue.com There are many research studies that have investigated and found that anxiety...
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anxiety, PCOS, progesterone

A potentially new treatment for post-finasteride syndrome

alanjacobsmd / March 2, 2022
It is known that post-finasteride syndrome (PFS) patients suffer from treatment-resistant depression and anxiety. Researchers have found low levels of...
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anxiety, Depression, PEA, PFS

An adrenal gland problem that can cause anxiety disorders

alanjacobsmd / February 27, 2022
Photo courtesy of the NIH I have cared for, and published a paper on, many people whose anxiety was being...
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adrenal gland, anxiety, hormones

Why is anxiety more common in women with PCOS?

alanjacobsmd / February 16, 2022
Several studies over the past decade, for example, from Dokras, Anuja et al. in Fertility and Sterility in 2012 and...
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anxiety, estrogen, PCOS

Thyroid Hormone Resistance

alanjacobsmd / February 12, 2022
Hormone resistance syndromes are not so uncommon.  For example, insulin resistance is the cause of type 2 diabetes.  Thyroid resistance...
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Thyroid Hormone Resistance

What is the Reverse T3 Syndrome?

alanjacobsmd / February 3, 2022
Throughout my twenty-year neuroendocrine practice I have seen many patients who presented clinically with symptoms and signs of hypothyroidism, which...
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Cytomel, hypothyroidism, Reverse T3 Syndrome

How does the limbic system link our hormones to our behaviors?

alanjacobsmd / January 26, 2022
The limbic system is a group of interconnected brain areas that are related to memory and experiencing emotions and deploying...
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catamenial epilepsy, limbic system, PMS

Hormone changes can mess with women’s brains at key times

alanjacobsmd / January 21, 2022
A subset of women experience instability in their neurological or emotional well being because of hormone changes.   For example, some...
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estrogen, PMDD, PMS, progesterone, reproductive hormones

Chronic stress and memory loss: a classic neuroendocrine connection

alanjacobsmd / January 12, 2022
A classic, common, neuroendocrine syndrome is the relationship between chronic stress, the hormone cortisol, the brain and its memory functions....
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cortisol, memory, stress

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  • Two new oral testosterone products are pricey. Are they worth it? August 3, 2022
  • Anxiety and PCOS March 11, 2022
  • A potentially new treatment for post-finasteride syndrome March 2, 2022
  • An adrenal gland problem that can cause anxiety disorders February 27, 2022
  • Why is anxiety more common in women with PCOS? February 16, 2022
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