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Testosterone Therapy Treatment for Men and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe FDA is currently investigating the risk of heart attack, stroke and death among individuals using a form of testosterone therapy treatment. The FDA made it clear that testosterone products are approved only for use in men who lack or have low testosterone levels in conjunction with an associated medical condition. Now, according to an article in the Herald Tribune, some critics find the testosterone therapy treatment trend [is] reminiscent of another hormonal regimen with a sexy allure, hormone replacement therapy in women. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) conducted a clinical trial to find the benefits and … Read more »

FDA Approves New Testosterone Therapy Treatment during Investigation of Heart Attack Risk


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesA new testosterone therapy treatment is on the market and FDA-approved. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. made the announcement on March 6th, 2014 about its product, AVEED, an injection for men with hypogonadism, or low testosterone. It was approved on March 5th, 2014. AVEED (testosterone undecanoate) is an injection that is administered at a hospital, clinic or doctors office. A second dose of AVEED is given 4 weeks after the initial dose, and the patient receives an injection every 10 weeks after that second injection. This drug approval comes on the heels of the FDA announcing plans to investigate the risk of … Read more »

Is It Low T Quiz Was Written on Toilet Paper


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWho knows how many men or their spouses or significant others have visited the marketing and propaganda site: IsItLowT.com? Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions? The site is funded by a pharmaceutical company, AbbVie (which was recently spun off from Abbott Laboratories). AbbVie manufacturers the most popular testosterone replacement therapy drug, AndroGel, with more than a billion dollars in sales in a year. But you wouldnt know it by looking at the Is It Low T website. The only reference to AbbVie is some fine print on various pages, such as at the top of the page that says … Read more »

Endo gets approval for long-acting testosterone


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesArticle updated: 3/7/2014 8:14 AM Associated Press Drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that it received U.S. approval for its long-acting testosterone injection Aveed, which joins a crowded field of hormone-boosting drugs aimed at aging American men. The Irish drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration approved Aveed for men with low testosterone, a condition sometimes associated with fatigue, weight gain and low libido. Endos injection is to be taken once every 10 weeks, versus weekly or biweekly dosing for currently available products. The company said in a statement it expects to launch the drug this month. The Dublin-based company already … Read more »

EPA Defends Chemical Testing of Low-Dose Hormone Effects


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe agency is responding to a report written by 12 scientists who criticized the governments decades-old strategy for testing the safety of many chemicals found in the environment and consumer products Flickr/Victor Bayon The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that current testing of hormone-altering chemicals is adequate for detecting low-dose effects that may jeopardize health. This comes in response to a report written last year by 12 scientists who criticized the governments decades old-strategy for testing the safety of many chemicals found in the environment and in consumer products. The scientists specifically focused on a phenomenon called nonmonotonic dose … Read more »

Do you need testosterone?


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesTestosterone therapy has rapidly become a cornerstone of the emerging hormone replacement therapy market, seeing dramatic increases in the last decade. According to a 2013 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, prescription of testosterone therapy has risen three fold. More and more men and even women are seeking testosterone replacement therapy to address aging woes, such as weight gain, muscle loss and low energy. The emerging trend has led drug manufacturers and health industry experts to push testosterone pellets, injections, pills, patches, gels and creams of varying quality on an unsuspecting public. Just as … Read more »

Boost Your Sex Drive: Solutions For Impotence, Erectile Dysfunction And Low Libido


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minuteExtracts from Patrick Holford's new book Good Medicine: Some men suffer from a reduced sex drive but no sexual dysfunction. Others find it increasingly hard to get an erection, which interferes with their enjoyment of sex. This is called impotence. Others have no problem with sexual performance but produce dysfunctional sperm, making conception unlikely for partners. There are a number of good medicine solutions out there to help solve these issues. How Sex Improves Your Immune System 9 Great Reasons Why People Over 50 Have The Best Sex Lives 1. Check your testosterone levels Men as well as women can … Read more »

Serious Side Effects Linked to Testosterone Therapy


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesSerious side effects have been linked to testosterone therapy treatment. Two recent studies, including one in PLOS One, found men aged 65 and older had twice the risk of having a heart attack, stroke or death after taking a testosterone therapy prescription for 90 days. That risk declined after patients stopped using the testosterone treatment. The FDA is now investigating these findings as of January 31st, 2014. Use and Abuse of Testosterone Testosterone (androgen) therapy treatment is prescribed to men and women to primarily treat symptoms of sexual dysfunction. The levels of testosterone decline in men as they age by … Read more »

Testosterone therapy linked to heart attacks in men


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou may have seen one of the many advertisements geared toward men asking if they suffer from "low T" low testosterone levels that, according to the ads, can result in lost sex drive, diminished energy and moodiness. The answer, they suggest, may be as simple as applying testosterone through a gel or patch. So successful has the marketing for this testosterone therapy been that, according to Drugs.com, an independent medicine website, sales of the testosterone gel Androgel in 2013 exceeded sales of Viagra. Now, a new joint study by UCLA, the National Institutes of Health and Consolidated Research Inc., has … Read more »

Medical board charges Modesto doctor with negligence in weight-loss program


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesHill Chiropractic at 3609 Oakdale Road in Modesto on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. ANDY ALFARO aalfaro@modbee.com Buy Photo The Medical Board of California has leveled a charge of gross negligence against a Modesto doctor who worked with patients in a controversial weight-loss program. Dr. Prithvi Shankar was a medical doctor for The Hill Center for Integrated Medicine on Oakdale Road and was responsible for patients on hormone therapy programs and the Hill Diet, a 500-calorie-per-day regimen thats commonly known as an HCG program. The Food and Drug Administration has advised consumers to stay away from HCG weight-loss products and issued … Read more »

For some older men, testosterone treatments could raise risk


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCHICAGO In older men with low hormone levels and other health problems, testosterone treatments might increase risks for heart attacks, strokes and death, a large Veterans Affairs study suggests. Testosterone gels, patches and injections are heavily marketed for low sex drive, fatigue and purported anti-aging benefits, and the study authors and other doctors said the research should prompt discussions between doctors and patients. In the study, hormone users and nonusers were in their early 60s on average, and most had other health problems, including high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels and diabetes. Men who used testosterone were 30 percent more … Read more »

‘Low T’ therapy: Is it for me?


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- When men are young, testosterone tends to get a bad rap, often blamed for aggressive and overly competitive behavior. But as men get older, the bad rap continues, though for a different reason. In older men, it's low testosterone that has captured attention. Testosterone, the male hormone, plays a vital role in many body functions, and low testosterone levels can leave men tired, uninterested in sex, infertile and with thinning bones, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It's also a fairly common problem in older men. … Read more »

Testosterone may make men likely to get the flu, study finds


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesDec. 23, 2013 at 3:05 PM ET Getty Images stock Sorry, dude, we know you're suffering. Higher testosterone levels may give men a weakened immune response to infectious illnesses like the flu. Just in time for flu seasons peak, science may have figured out a reason why some men make wimpy, needy patients compared to women when it comes to infectious diseases. A report released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) links testosterone levels with response to flu vaccine, showing that, as a group, men with higher levels of the male hormone are more likely … Read more »

Exciting medical advances using HRT


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesby Dr. Angela DeRosa, DeRosa Medical / Special to azfamily.com azfamily.com Posted on December 9, 2013 at 11:26 AM Updated Tuesday, Dec 10 at 3:11 AM PHOENIX -- Good hormonal balance is critical to maintaining good health. When levels of key hormones in the body begin to fall, the door is opened for disease to develop. While levels fall naturally as we age, some medications like antidepressants, oral contraceptives, some beta blockers, steroids and pain killers can cause testosterone levels to plummet. For instance, testosterone drives many metabolic functions, effecting energy levels, glucose metabolism, muscle tone, and of course its … Read more »

Testosterone spikes in hunters after a hunt


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile small-scale horticulture is a relatively recent addition to the human repertoire of food provisioning, hunting has deep evolutionary roots. In practically every society, hunting ability correlates with reproductive success the better the hunter, the more children he is likely to father. Studying physiological data including testosterone and cortisol levels collected from members of the Tsimane, an indigenous group of forager-farmers and hunters in central Bolivia, UC Santa Barbara anthropologists Ben Trumble and Michael Gurven and colleagues at the University of Washington and the University of New Mexico have found evidence suggesting that testosterone and cortisol levels increase when men … Read more »

HYPOGONADISM – University of Dundee


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHYPOGONADISM What is testosterone? Testosterone is the male hormone which is mainly produced by the testis. Small quantities are made in other organs (eg adrenal gland), but in a man this contributes only a small amount of the total. Testosterone is a hormone which is released into the blood which will have effects on other parts of the body. Testosterone is important for: When men have a lack of testosterone the condition is termed hypogonadism What controls the production of testosterone from the testis ? PICTURE A part of the brain called the pituitary release a hormone called lutenising hormone … Read more »

Testosterone Cypionate and Testosterone Enanthate Information


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe top testosterone supplements: Testosterone Cypionate and Testosterone Enanthate;and what they mean for you One of the most unnerving experiences that a man can have happens right around his late 30s and early 40s and can truly shake them to their very core. Too often described as the midlife crisis in a joking were almost condescending manner, men of this age quite often wake up feeling like half the man they used to be. Almost as if theyve been walking around in some sort of fog, they may be led to believe that Father Time has finally caught up with … Read more »

Testosterone Injections for Low Testostosterone Treatment @ www …


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesTestosterone Injections are the most effective way of Boosting Low Testosterone Levels Low Testosterone is a common hormonal condition in aging men. Low levels of testosterone affect a mans professional and romantic relationships, sex drive, muscles, weight, bones, attitude and mood. Testosterone Injections are the most effective Testosterone Therapy because they have numerous advantages over testosterone creams, testosterone gels and testosterone dermal patches. One of the biggest advantages is that the testosterone hormone is delivered directly into the bloodstream where it goes to work immediately. Most men report a difference almost right away when starting a testosterone replacement program using … Read more »

Testosterone Injections for Low Testostosterone Treatment …


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesTestosterone Injections are the most effective way of Boosting Low Testosterone Levels Low Testosterone is a common hormonal condition in aging men. Low levels of testosterone affect a mans professional and romantic relationships, sex drive, muscles, weight, bones, attitude and mood. Testosterone Injections are the most effective Testosterone Therapy because they have numerous advantages over testosterone creams, testosterone gels and testosterone dermal patches. One of the biggest advantages is that the testosterone hormone is delivered directly into the bloodstream where it goes to work immediately. Most men report a difference almost right away when starting a testosterone replacement program using … Read more »

Gridlock in Congress? Blame testosterone.


Posted by Dr. Michael White, Updated on May 4th, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOctober 16, 2013: 4:34 PM ET By Tory Newmyer, writer Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz FORTUNE -- With the debt default threat seemingly receding, it's time to take stock of how this near-disaster came to pass. There's been no shortage of culprits named. Here's a new one: testosterone. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) took the stage at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit to make the case that increasing the ranks of women in Congressional leadership would decrease the toxic acrimony that almost pitched us over the brink. "It is absolutely the case in my opinion that so many more women are … Read more »