Tired? Prone to weight gain? It might not just be lack of sleep or simple greed that’s the problem. If you’re a man, your excuse could be low testosterone. For years, many medics regarded the idea of low testosterone as a bit of a joke. Now it is increasingly being recognised by the medical […]
Continue reading →Variations and risks of low testosterone levels in men are mostly due to genetics. According to research published on Thursday, 6th October in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, the CHARGE Sex Hormone Consortium is the first genome-wide association investigation assessing the effects of common genetic variants on serum testosterone concentrations in men. Testosterone is a vital […]
Continue reading →Two thirds of GP’s don’t know that low testosterone in middle-aged men can cause heart disease and diabetes, researchers say. Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome (TDS) affects almost a tenth of men in their 40s and 12 per cent in their 50s, leading to loss of sex drive, tiredness, weight gain and depression. A survey presented […]
Continue reading →TWO thirds of GPs don’t know that low testosterone in middle-aged men is linked to life-threatening heart disease and diabetes, say researchers. Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome (TDS) affects almost a tenth of men in their 40s and 12 per cent in their 50s, leading to loss of sex drive, tiredness, weight gain and depression. A survey […]
Continue reading →BACKGROUND. The declining activity of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis with advancing age may contribute to the decrease in lean body mass and the increase in mass of adipose tissue that occur with aging. METHODS. To test this hypothesis, we studied 21 healthy men from 61 to 81 years old who had […]
Continue reading →Robbie Williams might have sang ‘I Hope I’m Old Before I Die’, but he doesn’t want to feel old just yet — especially when it comes to his sex drive. After blood tests revealed he had the libido of a 100-year-old man, the singer (37) decided to kick-start his mojo by taking twice-weekly injections […]
Continue reading →Looks like your mother was right all along: A good night’s sleep is the best way to start your day. And fellas, did you know it could affect your sex life, too? A new study has found that not getting enough sleep takes it’s toll in the bedroom. The study, released in this month’s […]
Continue reading →She has attributed her youthful looks to a healthy love life and given hope to millions by saying she had the best sex of her life at 71. So it is something of a let down to find out that even sex symbol Jane Fonda needs artificial help. The Barbarella star has revealed she […]
Continue reading →Men with diabetes (either type 1 or 2) commonly also have hypogonadism (a condition characterised by deficiency of the male hormone testosterone), and vice versa. Male hypogonadism is associated with insulin resistance, which typically precedes type 2 diabetes, and men with hypogonadism are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus than men with sufficient […]
Continue reading →Vitamin D is for good for your sex life. Vitamin D has returned to the spotlight. The influence of vitamin D in immunity and various benefits that use of this multi-vitamin provides for us has already been disclosed, for free, just simply by exposing ourselves to the sun. New studies show that testosterone levels, […]
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