Proper hormone balance has a big impact on your quality of life, from your ability to concentrate at work or at school all the way to your sex drive. Men who are diagnosed with Low T can notice low energy, problems with sexual function and weight gain. Balancing out your testosterone levels can help you […]
Continue reading →Testosterone is primarily responsible for sexual and reproductive function in men, but that’s not its only role. Testosterone also helps men build strong bones, maintain muscle strength and mass, and impacts healthy fat distribution. Low T has been associated with a number of health risks and a reduced quality of life, but bioidentical hormone replacement […]
Continue reading →While hormones probably aren’t your first guess as to why your marriage could be in trouble, the truth is that low testosterone levels might play a critical role. When the effects of low testosterone help determine mood, energy levels and sex drive, it’s not hard to see how an overall decline in those qualities […]
Continue reading →Research from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) suggests that testosterone treatment in hypogonadal (testosterone deficient) men restores normal lipid profiles and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. These finding currently appear online in the International Journal of Clinical Practice. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes […]
Continue reading →When faced with hormone imbalance, it’s all too easy to focus on the immediate symptoms of hormone imbalance rather than think about the effects on overall physical and mental health. While the symptoms of Low T are enough in and of themselves to affect the overall quality of life for many men, there are […]
Continue reading →Everyone is familiar with menopause, the phase when a woman’s body experiences a drastic hormonal change as her monthly cycle stops. However, not many people are aware that men go through a similar, if much less publicized, change in hormone levels as they age called andropause. This “male menopause” can be treated through male […]
Continue reading →Long gone are the days of believing that increased testosterone levels only lead to hostility, competitiveness and aggressiveness. Scientists and economists in the Netherlands published a study this month that revealed that testosterone can actually increase generosity in the absence of competition. Testosterone fosters a desire for social status, which often demands positive […]
Continue reading →Low levels of total and bioavailable testosterone may be associated with an increased risk of dementia in elderly men, according to French investigators. From a cohort of 3,650 men aged 65 years and older, Laure Carcaillon, MD, of Inserm in Villejuif, France, and collaborators compared 105 men with incident dementia and a random sample of […]
Continue reading →Men with low testosterone may have a slightly increased risk of developing or dying from heart disease, according to a new review. Researchers analyzed studies that looked at testosterone levels and cardiovascular disease and were published between 1970 and 2013. Testosterone is a male sex hormone involved in sex drive, sperm production and bone […]
Continue reading →Some recent articles have criticized the use of testosterone therapy, quoting a number of side effects and health concerns. What these articles have neglected to mention, however, is that these issues were all seen in treatments that used synthetic hormones rather than bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). What makes BHRT the treatment of […]
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