Boost Testosterone
Posted on June 7, 2008
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I find these comments on target regarding testosterone supplementation:
No Testosterone Performance Boost For Aged?
I find it surprising the men had more lean muscle mass but weren’t any stronger. However, a lot of guys would enjoy the decrease in body fat since they’d look better.
“Male aging is associated with a gradual but progressive decline in serum levels of testosterone, occurring to a greater extent in some men than in others. Decline in testosterone is associated with many symptoms and signs of aging such as a decrease in muscle mass and muscle strength, cognitive decline, a decrease in bone mass, and an increase in (abdominal) fat mass,” the authors write. Clinical trials examining whether testosterone supplementation provides benefits or adverse effects have yielded mixed findings.
Marielle H. Emmelot-Vonk, M.D., of University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, and colleagues conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled study to assess the effects of testosterone supplementation on functional mobility, cognition, bone mineral density, body composition, lipids, quality of life, and safety parameters in older men with testosterone levels less than 13.7 nmol/L (less than the average level in this age group) during a period of six months. The trial, conducted from January 2004 to April 2005, included 207 men between the ages of 60 and 80 years. Participants were randomly assigned to receive 80 mg of testosterone undecenoate or a matching placebo twice daily for six months.
The results were mixed. I think what is needed is a much longer term study so that differences in all cause mortality could become clear.
Testosterone Drug Delayed by FDA
Posted on June 7, 2008
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The rule of thumb is if you want a drug approved by the FDA, don’t have it approved in Europe first. Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t like any synthetic drug when it relates to hormones. Do we really want another women’s HRT fiasco? (One could say that about Obama – Do we really want another Jimmy Carter? But the republicans are rumming another Gerald Ford, so what can you say?)
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Testosterone Gene
Posted on June 6, 2008
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Competitive edgde go to the guy with higher testosterone made high by gene.
Researchers think they have found a gene that will mask whether an athelete is using extra teatosterone, giving him a competitive advantage. Seventeen men in the study (out of 55who actually injected themselves with testosterone) passed the urine test.
Andropause and Low Testosterone
Posted on June 1, 2008
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Andropause and Low Testosterone
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Learn How Walking Can Prevent and Repair Bone Loss (Osteoporosis)
Posted on June 1, 2008
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Learn How Walking Can Prevent and Repair Bone Loss (Osteoporosis)
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Cancer Rates Soar in HIV-infected Males
Posted on May 21, 2008
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HIV infected men are living longer thanks to anti-HIV drugs. That’s where the good news ends. Anal cancer rates have soared 5900% among HIV people than the general population a study in the Annals of Medicine reports. Hodgkin’s disease is 1800% more prevalent in the community compared to the general population and liver cancer is seven hundred percent more common.
The study followed 55,000 men and women with HIV which causes AIDS. The study also showed an increase in other cancers as well:
- lung cancer was 3.6 times more common
- throat cancer was 3 times more common
- skin cancer was 3 times more common
- melanoma was 3 times more common
- colorectal cancer was 2.4 times more common
The study did find that there was a slightly smaller chance of prostate cancer that researchers are saying may be because the men also had low testosterone levels. The latest research has discredited this theory, because higher levels of testosterone do not cause prostate cancer, thought the study did not note this information.
Did they ask if the drug therapy was causing the cancer?
Increased Blood Preassure Linked to formic acid by Ephedra Xpert
Posted on May 8, 2008
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Increased Blood Preassure Linked to formic acid by Ephedra Xpert
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Five Million U.S. Males Suffer Andropause
Posted on April 25, 2008
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Just as we are coming to grips with women’s hormonal changes along comes “male menopause”. Over the past decade and a half, we have gone from, “Honey, its all in your head”, to realizing menopause is a real healt risk and the symptoms of menopause can have disastrous consequences. This article will not delve into the ravages this can cause on a women’s health, but if you want to read about Osteoporosis Treatments, just follow the link.
Back to Men and their Hormone Imballance:
Men as they age past fourty go down hill, too. Their testosterone levels declin a little every year, so the symptoms creep up until they have full blown andropause. The decline in the male hormone is not nearly as sharp as the drop in estrogen in women. Compare it to walking down a gentle slope rather than droping off a cliff, as women experience.
Grumpy Old Men
As their testosterone declines the folks around them notice he get moody, depressed and lacking in drive and creativeness. That is not a good thing, but it can’t kill you. But this can. As testosterone levels decline, the risk of cardiovascular disease, weight gain and bone loss increases.
Testing for Low Testosterone
Most medical professionals will test for hormone levels using blood tests. This is fine for testing the total testosterone in a man or women, but that is only half the store. Medical doctors are now findingthat it is important to know the free testosterone available, and the only way is with salive testing. Too many doctors are unfamiliar with this proceedure, so yoou will probably have to change doctors to find one that is on top of this proceedure. Don’t be dismayed. Millions of women have already made this change in health care practicioners when thier former doctor was totally unresponsive to the suggestion of saliva testing for testosterone, progestoerone and estrogen.
Just as women use hrt or hormone replacement therapy, men are seeking it out as well. Caution shoould be use here: for two or more decades the medical community forced women to endure the side effects of synthetic hormones. Along came natural therapies or bioidentical hormones. Now here comes synthetic testosterone, because that’s the way drug companies keep the price and profits high. However, there are natural testosterone therapies and supplements along with diet and exercise that naturally boosts testosterone.
Testosterone Treatment
Posted on April 22, 2008
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Male Menopause
Male menopause is a controversial subject because some say it doesn’t exist and others do. It is also referred to as andropause. The term is meant to say that men also undergo hormone changes just as women do and some of the symptoms are exactly the same. This is largely due to testosterone decline as a male ages. Testosterone decline is also associated with diseases such as diabetes. The male menopause symptoms that are experienced are fatigue, depression, loss of sex drive, and depression. These are also symptoms that women experience during menopause. There are treatments for low testosterone, both synthetic and natural.
Male Menopause Treated with Real Testosterone and Booster Supplements
Polycystic ovary syndrome Boosts Testosterone Levels in women
Posted on April 21, 2008
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A study of “elite female athlets” has concluded that a medical disorder may give some women an edge in sports. Many women have polycystic ovaries without any outward symptoms, although it can lower fertility and cause problems such as excess body hair and acne.
The researcher found polycystic ovaries were much more common in athletes training for the Olympics compared with the average woman – 37% of the athletes had them, compared with one in five women in the general population.
This could mean that the slight increase in production of the male sex hormone testosterone which accompanies polycystic ovaries is offering a competitive advantage.
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