Background: Leydig cell tumour is an uncommon cause of gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty in prepubertal boys. Case Presentation: A 6-year-3-month-old boy presented with a three-month history of progressive penile enlargement and pubic hair development, without axillary...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1146
Introduction: Male infertility associated with exposure to environmental toxicants has become a significant public health concern worldwide. Carbon tetrachloride (CClâ‚„), a widely recognised industrial pollutant, is known to induce severe reproductive toxicity through oxidative st...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1145
Aims: This study assessed disease management and treatment adherence outcomes among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Our Lady of Apostle (OLA) Hospital, a semi-rural healthcare facility in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, and examined the barriers patients face in ac...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1144
Jacques Forwah Ndeh, Edung Emem Samuel, Benjamin Essien, Bassey Okon Bassey, Ughwusuena Ufuoma Louis, Ramatu Umar Ibrahim, Eunice Akomu Aji, Ewa Anthony Obi, Idiege Idiege Omang, Akaba Kingsley Onoridea, Ugwuanyi Ifeanyichukwu Samson, Makata, Rex Oseloka, Promise Chika Kemas-Uneze, Jane Ulifo Falade, Wisdom Effiong, David Ikechukwu Achuzia, Oluwaseun Abiodun Oloyede, Isoboye, Manuel Bokoye, Nnaji Chimuanya Joseph, Immaculate Ihuoma Ekeagba & Abeshi Sylvester Etenikang·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2026
Background: Toothpastes marketed as sugar-free, herbal, probiotic, paraprobiotic or diabetes-specific are sometimes presumed to influence glycaemia. The evidence relevant to fasting blood glucose (FBG), however, is easily conflated with studies of salivary glucose or periodontal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1143
Perpetua Kessie-Mensah, Etepe Kofi Dugah, Gloria Ohene Takyi, Yaw Manu Boateng, Mustapha Bin Usman, Paul Gyan, Martha Masata Adeyiga, Wollie Kwadwo Abraham, Isaac Asamoah Abekah, Eunice Ansaa Anafi, Patricia Pearl Ankrah & Yaa Gyaa Fynn·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2026
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus requires continuous self-care across diet, physical activity, blood-glucose monitoring, foot care and medication use. Evidence from Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa shows persistent gaps in diabetes self-management, partly because biomedical advic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1142
Testosterone is frequently described as an aggression-promoting hormone, yet this shorthand obscures a literature in which effects are small, context-dependent and sometimes prosocial. This critical narrative review evaluates evidence linking endogenous testosterone, competition-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1141
Diabetes mellitus is no longer understood as a single disease but as a heterogeneous collection of conditions unified by chronic hyperglycaemia and diverging in aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical trajectory and treatment response. Precision medicine seeks to exploit this hetero...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1139
Delayed puberty in adolescent boys arises most commonly from a self-limited maturational variant, constitutional delay of growth and puberty, but must be distinguished from permanent hypogonadotropic or hypergonadotropic hypogonadism before hormonal treatment is selected, because...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1140
Background: There is traditional conviction that if premenopausal women engage in prolonged physical exercise, they are likely to become masculinized and develop infertility. Androgens, although traditionally thought to be male sex steroids, play important roles in female reprodu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1138
Moringa oleifera is a plant recognised for its nutritional and therapeutic value and has traditionally been used to support health, including reproductive health. This study examined the effects of aqueous Moringa oleifera leaf extract on reproductive organs, hormones, and body w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1137