Experts estimate that more than 5 million men are affected, by male menopause yet worry the number may be considerably higher since symptoms are frequently ignored.  Most frequently, this condition is associated with women’s health, age-related hormone changes, often dubbed menopause, but it can occur in men as well, causing symptoms such as fatigue, mood […]

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A new study has concluded menopause is not limited to women, it hits men too
The study, reported in the Daily Mail,  has found that some men experience a decrease in hormones when they hit middle age. And, just like menopause does,  reduced levels of testosterone can lead to everything from lowered libido to fatigue. [ […]

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Male menopause is also called “andropause” or late-onset hypogonadism. British researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Manchester described a set of concrete symptoms for “male menopause” for the first time. They have also determined that only about 2 percent of men aged 40 to 80 suffer from the condition, far less than previously thought.
The […]

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Male menopause or andropause exists in some men, and research has suggested that loss of testosterone in the ageing male is an important contributor to health problems.
Some of the scientific literature calls it Late Onset Hypogonadism, but the implications are now being explained by research which shows increased health problems like increased abdominal fat, reduced […]

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A recent study has reviewed the association of androgen pathway genes and their polymorphic sites, and the risk of prostate cancer in individuals of different ethnic backgrounds.
Researchers state that the most recent data suggest that androgen pathway genes have a role in prostate cancer susceptibility. However, the effects of polymorphisms seem to vary in different […]

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Irritable, tired, low sex drive? You could be one of the 840,000 males hitting the MANOPAUSE
Last month an American study found that as many as one in five males over the age of 65 could be experiencing symptoms of this condition, which include low libido, irritability, tiredness, weight gain, sweating, aches and pains.
It is […]

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Men with low libido may soon be able to derive benefits from testosterone therapy, as many international organisations have updated their guidelines regarding the use of supplements of this hormone.
The International Association for the Study of the Aging Male, the International Society of Andrology, the European Association of Urology, and the American Society of Andrology […]

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Circulating levels of testosterone and percentage of body fat are controlled by the same genes in men, reveals a research published in the latest edition of Clinical Endocrinology. The research shows a 23% overlap between the genes that control testosterone and those that regulate body fat composition, suggesting that these two variables are partly controlled […]

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A scientific team at Barnsley Hospital and the University of Sheffield in the UK concluded that men with type 2 diabetes or the metabolic syndrome, or both, are prone to have low testosterone levels. If so, testosterone replacement therapy with a gel applied to the skin may improve their response to insulin and their sexual […]

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Low testosterone levels in men might kill them early, regardless of age, according to a new study. Low testosterone men had more than 2.5 times greater risk of dying during the next 10 years compared to men with higher testosterone, the study found.
The study found that men with low testosterone levels were older, more obese, […]

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