The Virility Paradox

The Vast Influence of Testosterone on Our Bodies, Minds, and the World We Live In

Charles J. Ryan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2018
BenBella Books (Verlag)
978-1-944648-56-5 (ISBN)

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Authors explore the vast, unexpected, and not always positive influence of testosterone on human lives and the human body—told through the lives of individuals uniquely affected by it.

Testosterone makes us stronger, happier, and smarter. It also makes us meaner, more violent and more selfish. A scientific look into the vast and unexpected influence testosterone has on our behavior, our society, and our bodies.

The brain of every man—and every woman—is shaped by this tiny molecule from before birth: it propels our drive for exploration and risk, for competition and creation, and even our survival. The effects of testosterone permeate the traditions, philosophy, and literature of every known culture—without it, the world would be a drastically different place.

Testosterone also has a role in humanity's darker side, contributing to violence, hubris, poverty, crime, and selfishness. Recent revelations of the science of testosterone show that high levels will deplete compassion and generosity, and even reduce the affection we show our children.

In The Virility Paradox, internationally renowned oncologist and prostate cancer researcher Charles Ryan explores this complex chemical system responsible for a diverse spectrum of human behaviors and health in both men and women. Ryan taps his vast experience treating prostate cancer with testosterone-lowering therapy, observing that this often leads to profound changes in the patients' perspectives on their lives and relationships. Often, for the better.

Ryan uses the journeys of these patients and others to illustrate the vast and sometimes unexpected influence testosterone has on human lives. Through the stories of real men and women, he also explores the connections between testosterone and conditions like dementia, autism, and cancer, as well as the biological underpinnings of sexual assault and the effects it has on everything from crime to investing to everyday choices we make.

Integrating the molecular and the medical, sociology and storytelling, The Virility Paradox;offers a fascinating look at how one hormone has shaped history, and the connections between our biology, our behavior, and our best selves.

Charles J Ryan, MD, is The Thomas Perkins Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine and Urology at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Ryan earned a BA in Philosophy, magna cum laude from Marquette University where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He attended the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He trained at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is the Program Leader for genitourinary medical oncology at UCSF and is Chair of the UCSF Committee on Human Research, which oversees the ethical conduct of research on humans at the institution. He serves as co-chair of the National Cancer Institute’s Prostate Cancer Task Force and the leader of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Cadre in the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, a national clinical trials group. Dr. Ryan’s research focuses on the development of new treatments for advanced prostate cancer and he has published over 100 articles and chapters in the world’s leading medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, he was the principal investigator for the development of Abiraterone acetate, a treatment now considered a standard of care in advanced prostate cancer. It has been administered to over 200,000 patients worldwide. Dr. Ryan is the cofounder of the Supportive Therapy in Androgen Deprivation (STAND) program at UCSF, a program which seeks to integrate physical activity, nutrition, and emotional support for men receiving hormonal therapy for prostate cancer and their partners.

Introduction

Part I               The Chemical That Binds Us

1          The Litigator’s Metamorphosis: From Competition to Compassion

2          Of Molecule and Mind: How Fetal Testosterone Shapes Our Thinking

3          Women and Testosterone: Inner Virility and Outer Identity

4          Bell Curves and Binaries: Womanhood and Testosterone Among the Outliers

Part II              The Many Faces of Virility

5          Lifting the Fog on Love: On the Chemistry of Coupling

6          The Unquiet Sunset: Testosterone and Alzheimer’s

7          The Alopecia Paradox: Of Hair and He-Men

8          The Darkest Demon: The Biological Underpinnings of Sexual Aggression

Part III                        Evolution, Manipulation, and Adaptation

9          Poetry and Placebos: The Ancient Quest to Rekindle Virility

10        Stronger. Faster. Happier?: Supplementation and its Discontents

11        Beauty Versus the Beast: Bodybuilding, Steroids, and the Aesthetics of Manhood

12        Winston Needs a Cuddle: Hormones and the Nurturing Environment that Shapes Families

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.02.2018
Verlagsort	Dallas
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 236 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-944648-56-9 / 1944648569
ISBN-13	978-1-944648-56-5 / 9781944648565
Zustand	Neuware