The Renal and Urology News take: Testosterone therapy for men who produce little to no hormones does not increase their risk of heart attack, according to a study published in the Annals of Pharmacology. Testosterone use has skyrocketed in recent years, but the studies about its effects have yielded conflicting evidence. Although a large body […]
Continue reading →Testosterone treatment prescribed for men whose bodies produce little or no hormones doesn’t increase the risk of heart attack, according to a Houston-area study that should ease fears of men with the condition. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, rebuts recent research that suggested the steroid hormone may […]
Continue reading →Long-term testosterone treatment in hypogonadal men does not increase their risk for prostate cancer (PCa), according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. The study, by Ahmad Haider, MD, who is in private practice in Bremerhaven, Germany, and colleagues, included 942 hypogonadal men who underwent long-term testosterone treatment […]
Continue reading →STOCKHOLM—Testosterone replacement therapy over 5 years is associated with progressive weight loss and waist size reduction in obese hypogonadal men, according to study findings presented at the European Association of Urology 29th annual congress. The study, which included 164 men who completed 5 years of treatment with parenteral testosterone undecanoate, also had improvement in components […]
Continue reading →While a connection between testosterone replacement therapy and prostate cancer has been feared for many years, a new study has revealed that not only does no such connection exist, but testosterone replacement therapy was linked to an actual decrease in mortality rates. The belief regarding the connection originated in the 1940s as a result of […]
Continue reading →While a connection between testosterone replacement therapy and prostate cancer has been feared for many years, a new study has revealed that not only does no such connection exist, but testosterone replacement therapy was linked to an actual decrease in mortality rates. The belief regarding the connection originated in the 1940s as a result of […]
Continue reading →One of the ways that medical science gets its greatest insights on human behavior is by observing other animals. This was demonstrated recently at Johns Hopkins, where a research study on the effects of testosterone therapy on canaries was conducted. The results are intriguing, and may impact the view we take on testosterone replacement […]
Continue reading →The media was again splattered with bad news about testosterone therapy this week. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, Finkle and colleagues published a study in the journal Plos One that exhibited an increased risk of heart attacks in testosterone users in the first 90 days of therapy, and the risk was higher in men who had had […]
Continue reading →Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is commonly associated with children, but adults can also be diagnosed with the condition. In some situations, ADHD may be misdiagnosed, as many of its symptoms could be linked to another health concern, such as low testosterone (Low T). In this article, we’ll explore the similarities between ADHD and Low T […]
Continue reading →Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT)is not associated with an increased risk of cancer-specific or all-cause mortality in patients with prostate cancer (PCa), according to a new study. In fact, PCa patients who received TRT had significantly lower death rates than those who did not, researchers reported online ahead of print in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Additionally, […]
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