A study at the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Health and Ageing found a link between low testosterone and frailty in men. However, they need more research to be sure that there isn’t some other factor involved. Frailty is a state that occurs when a person nears the limits of their health reserves, which can lead […]

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Following it’s receipt of a Complete Response letter in October 2009 related to the New Drug Application (NDA) submission for FORTESTA (testosterone) 2% gel, Endo Pharmaceuticals has recently submitted a complete response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The company’s Class 2 resubmission is the next step in its intention to offer FORTESTA as […]

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A large U.S. multicenter study shows that older men with higher testosterone levels are more likely to have a heart attack or other cardiovascular disease in the future.This finding contradicts smaller studies that have shown that testosterone levels are not associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease.
Study results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual […]

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A new research at the University of California, San Francisco, suggests among older men, having a high testosterone level is associated with a raised risk of heart disease or a heart attack.
The research team further noted that men at the highest end of the testosterone spectrum had more than twice the risk for coronary disease […]

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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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Statistic shows that almost a quarter of men treated for cancer in their childhood suffer from a deficiency of the male sex hormone testosterone. However, experts say the deficiency can be treated with hormone supplements if the problem is diagnosed.
Testosterone deficiency not only affects sex drive: in the long term it can lead to depression, […]

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Obesity, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes, now appears to be associated with another health problem, but one that affects men only — low testosterone levels.
A recent study conducted by University at Buffalo endocrinologists, showed that 40 percent of obese participants involved in the Hypogonadism in Males (HIM) study had lower-than-normal testosterone readings.
Researchers hypothesized […]

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Research at University of Florence, Italy, shows for the first time that men with erectile dysfunction and low testosterone have a higher than normal risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. In a previous work, the same research group shows that obesity is also associated with an impairment of blood flow to the penis, which in turn is also associated […]

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According to a recent study in the inaugural issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science (published by SAGE), The presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone levels and physical risk taking in young men.
Researchers asked young adult men to perform both easy and difficult tricks on skateboards, first in front of another male and then […]

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Although testosterone has been suggested to play a protective role against the development of atherosclerosis, many studies demonstrating an association between low Testosterone and incident major adverse cardiovascular events are scanty in the general population and absent in subjects with erectile dysfunction.
A study at University of Florence, Italy, aimed to investigate whether low testosterone in subjects […]

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