Testosterone treatment appears to improve the underlying problem in some men with type 2 diabetes, according to a study funded by U.K. drugmaker ProStrakan. The problem — called “insulin resistance” — is that the body doesn’t know how to use insulin to process sugar. Researchers found that applying testosterone in a gel reduced this problem […]
Continue reading →Testosterone replacement therapy benefits hypogonadal men without adversely affecting prostate safety, according to the largest international trial of hypogonadal men receiving the treatment. In the trial, 1,438 hypogonadal men received 6,333 injections of injectable, long-acting testosterone undeconoate (TU) during 1,103 patient-years. Patients received up to five TU injections over nine to 12 months. Study results, presented by […]
Continue reading →It’s no secret that obesity is hazardous to health. Men pay an extra price for excess weight, since obesity takes a special toll on male hormones, sexuality, and prostate health, reports the March 2011 issue of [Harvard Men’s Health Watch. Here are some of the ways obesity can harm a man’s health: Less testosterone: Obesity […]
Continue reading →It was April 2007 and it was a beast of a role. I was preparing to sing Tristan at La Scala, five months away. The opening night, I was told, would be seen by 10 million people. To prepare, I was working between six and 10 hours every day for five months. From there […]
Continue reading →Forget Botox. If you want to look and feel young, then what you should really be doing is swinging from the chandeliers. Regular sex in your youth, your middle years and beyond is the ultimate elixir of youth, says hormone and anti-ageing specialist Dr Cecilia Tregear. World-renowned Dr Tregear, who is based at the Wimpole […]
Continue reading →THYROID HORMONES INFLUENCE the cardiovascular system (1), and thyroid dysfunction may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (2). Previous studies have shown that both hypo- and hyperthyroid disease may increase the risk of hypertension (2–5) and that hypertension related to hypothyroidism may be reversed after T4 treatment (6–8). Subclinical hypothyroid function, characterized by thyroid hormones […]
Continue reading →Exercise training (ET) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are both recognized influences on insulin action, but the influence of HRT on responses to ET has not been examined. In order to determine if HRT use provided additive benefits for the response of insulin action to ET, we evaluated the impact of HRT use on […]
Continue reading →Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a disease increasingly recognized as a health burden worldwide. An improvement in survival rate has been reported in CHF in the last decade (1), which should be ascribed mainly to therapeutic strategies targeted to the pathophysiological mechanisms sustaining the progression and worsening of the disease, mainly the prolonged neurohumoral […]
Continue reading →Abstract Background: Trials of testosterone therapy in aging men have demonstrated increases in fat-free mass (FFM) and skeletal muscle and decreases in fat mass (FM) but have not reported the impact of baseline body composition. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the effect, in nonobese aging men with symptoms of androgen deficiency and low-normal […]
Continue reading →Abstract Context Prostate safety is a primary concern when aging men receive testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), but little information is available regarding the effects of TRT on prostate tissue in men. Objective To determine the effects of TRT on prostate tissue of aging men with low serum testosterone levels. Design, Setting, and Participants Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of […]
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