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Reading Time: 2 minutesWashington, November 6 (ANI): Testosterone levels early in fetal development influence later sensitivity of brain regions related to reward processing and affect an individual's susceptibility to engage in behaviour, that in extremes, are related to several neuropsychiatric conditions that asymmetrically affect one sex more than the other, a new study has found. Dr. Michael Lombardo, Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen and colleagues at the University of Cambridge led the study. Although present at low levels in females, testosterone is one of the primary sex hormones that exerts substantial influence over the emergence of differences between males and females. In adults and adolescents, … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a growing debate in mixed martial arts about the usage of testosterone replacement therapy. The debate over the controversial therapy is in the spotlight this week because former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson of Temecula is fighting former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida in the co-main event of UFC 157 on Saturday night at Honda Center on pay-per-view. Dan Henderson celebrates a victory in 2011. He will fight former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida in the co-main event of UFC 157 on Saturday night at Honda Center. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ADVERTISEMENT Henderson, 42, a two-time … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesGOLDEN, CO--(Marketwired - Oct 10, 2013) - iSatori, Inc. (OTCQB: IFIT) ("the Company") today announced the launch of its new natural testosterone support formula called Fenu Test with America's largest distributor of specialty dietary supplements, Europa Sports (www.europasports.com), and GNC retailers nationwide. While the popular Biogenetic Laboratories division of iSatori is almost exclusively focused on weight-loss support supplements (including hCG Activator, GCB Lean800, and Garcinia Trim, the #1 selling diet "new arrival" on GNC.com), iSatori has decided to strategically expand this line to help a wider range of customers seeking optimal health. "Decreased energy and libido, increased body fat, as … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesA researcher has found that meal timing can help women suffering from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) impairs fertility by impacting menstruation, ovulation, hormones - manage their glucose and insulin levels to improve overall fertility. Women with the disorder are typically insulin resistant their bodies produce an overabundance of insulin to deliver glucose from the blood into the muscles. The excess makes its way to the ovaries, where it stimulates the production of testosterone, thereby impairing fertility. The goal of Daniela Jakubowicz of Tel Aviv Universitys Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Diabetes Unit at Wolfson Medical Center, maintenance meal plan, … Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the years, Ive grown accustomed to abiding unusual pre-conditions to secure interviews. Blindfolds and undisclosed locations, for instance, were required to visit Salman Rushdie (then under a fatwa), and to meet the Billboard Liberation Front (a group that scaled buildings to improve outdoor advertising in the foggy dark of San Francisco nights). TV survivalist Bear Grylls suddenly whipped off his pants and insisted we go running in a frigid Central Park. Hed tell me whatever I wanted to knowif I had the breath to ask. Actor Viggo Mortenson had me personally sign a contract that the magazine I was … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesTreating testosterone deficiency is not about improving mens lives at a superficial level, as some people mistakenly believe, but plays a crucial role in the management of chronic diseases. IN the last article for this column, we looked at what happens in men who have abnormally low testosterone levels. Many men start experiencing a dip in their testosterone levels when they hit their 50s and 60s. This syndrome manifests as lethargy, moodiness and irritability, weight gain, low libido, abdominal obesity and erectile dysfunction. Testosterone deficiency may be linked with older age, but it would be wrong to accept it as … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesJan. 31, 2013 Low testosterone levels occur five times more often among men who take long-acting instead of short-acting opioids for chronic pain, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Clinical Journal of Pain. While it has been known that opioids cause low testosterone in men, this study is the first to show a significant difference in risk between short-acting (immediate release) and long-acting opioids. The 81 men in the retrospective study were between 26 and 79 years old (median age 51) and were seen in the chronic-pain clinic at Kaiser Permanente's Santa Rosa Medical Center (Calif.) … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesFive-year study finds consistent weight loss in men getting hormone Web edition : Monday, June 25th, 2012 HOUSTON Men with low testosterone who are given replacement doses of the hormone shed weight steadily for years, researchers in Germany reported June 23 at a meeting of the Endocrine Society. Study participants, nearly all of whom were overweight or obese at the start of the study, lost 36 pounds on average. This was an unintended effect, said study coauthor Farid Saad, a research endocrinologist at Bayer Pharma in Berlin. The big surprise was that when we analyzed the data [we found] that … Read more »

Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists say they have new evidence about why women live longer than men, from a study of historical data showing castrated Koreans far outlive their non-eunuch contemporaries. The study, published in the scientific journal, Current Biology, used detailed genealogical records of the Imperial nobility during Korea's Joseon dynasty, which spanned more than 500 years from the late 1300s to the early 1900s. According to the data, most men, including kings and royal family members, died in their late-40s or early-50s. But noble-class eunuchs - men who were castrated either by accident or because of social benefits - lived, on average, … Read more »

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA testosterone test measures the amount of the male hormone, testosterone, in the blood. Both men and women produce this hormone. The test described in this article measures the total amount of testosterone in the blood. Another test measures what is called "free" testosterone. A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture The recommended time of day to have a blood sample taken for this test is between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. It may need to be repeated a second time. The health care provider may advise you to stop taking drugs that … Read more »

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFebruary 15, 2012, 8:39 AM EST By Molly Peterson Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged in early trading after the testosterone replacement therapy it developed for men won U.S. regulatory approval. BioSante climbed 46 percent to $1.11 at 8:04 a.m. after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the clearance yesterday. The transdermal gel, Bio-T-Gel, will be marketed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. of Petach Tikva, Israel, for men with low testosterone, a condition known as hypogonadism. BioSante estimates the market for male testosterone products is more than $1.2 billion in the U.S., where hypogonadism affects as many … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesPublic release date: 25-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Aaron Lohr alohr@endo-society.org 240-482-1380 The Endocrine Society Weight loss can reduce the prevalence of low testosterone levels in overweight, middle-aged men with prediabetes by almost 50 percent, a new study finds. Results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. "Doctors should first encourage overweight men with low testosterone levels to try to lose weight through diet and exercise before resorting to testosterone therapy to raise their hormone levels," said study co-author Frances Hayes, MD, professor at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin. The new … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Janice Wood Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on October 11, 2012 New research ties a higher level of testosterone to a higher level of honesty. In experiments, researchers from the University of Bonn showed that men who had received a dose of testosterone clearly lied less frequently than men who had received a placebo. The scientists recruited 91 healthy men and about half, or 46, were treated with testosterone by applying it to the skin in gel form. On the following day, endocrinologists from the Bonn University Hospitals checked whether the blood testosterone levels were … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesWednesday September 12, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Are you falling asleep after dinner?" "Do you have a decrease in libido?" "Have you noticed a recent deterioration in your ability to play sports?" "It could be Low-T." Welcome to the latest big marketing push by U.S. drug companies. In this case, it's a web page for Abbott Laboratories' Androgel, a billion-dollar selling testosterone gel used by millions of American men struggling with the symptoms of growing older that are associated with low testosterone, such as poor sex drive, weight gain and fatigue. Androgel is one of a growing number of prescription … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesBOOSTING testosterone levels in men could help fight the flab and prevent type 2 diabetes. A $4.8 million world-first study by a team of Australian researchers will investigate whether the hormone supplements can help fight the obesity crisis. Recruitment of up to 1500 men aged 50-74 from Victoria, NSW, South Australia and Western Australia is under way. The two Victorian trial sites are the Austin Hospital and Prince Henry's Institute, at Monash Medical Centre. Prince Henry's Institute endocrinologist Dr Carolyn Allan said participants would be required to be in a pre-diabetic stage, in which their blood glucose was higher than … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt's a rough life for the Tsimane, an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia. They make a living by hunting and foraging in forests, fishing in streams and clearing land by hand to grow crops. Their rugged lifestyle might imply that Tsimane men have elevated testosterone to maintain the physical activity required to survive each day. But new research shows that Tsimane ("chi-MAH-nay") men have a third less baseline testosterone compared with men living in the United States, where life is less physically demanding. And unlike men in the U.S., the Bolivian foragers-farmers do not show declines in testosterone with age. … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesPublic release date: 22-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Steve Yozwiak syozwiak@tgen.org 602-343-8704 The Translational Genomics Research Institute SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Could blocking a testosterone receptor lead to a new way to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer? That's a question researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) are exploring. Preliminary results of a Mayo Clinic - TGen collaborative study shows the testosterone receptor may be a potential target to attack in treating triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Lead researcher Barbara Pockaj, M.D., a surgical oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona … Read more »

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy Janice Wood Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 23, 2013 Postmenopausal women who were treated with a testosterone gel showed better improvement in verbal learning and memory compared to women who received a placebo, according to a new study. This is the first large, placebo-controlled study of the effects of testosterone on mental skills in postmenopausal women who are not on estrogen therapy, said principal investigator Susan Davis, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Our study has confirmed our similar findings from two smaller studies in postmenopausal women and suggests that testosterone … Read more »

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUse this method to measure your testosterone level. View original post here: How To Determine Testosterone Levels By Looking At Your Ring Finger … Read more »

Reading Time: 2 minutesWomen at their peak fertility prefer the smell of men oozing with testosterone, a new study finds. Ovulation has been shown to impact a woman's mating preferences. For instance, women in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle favor more masculine traits, such as a deep voice or manly face, characteristics associated with the hormone testosterone, studies have found. Other research suggests fertile women are attracted to men with high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which may be involved in stronger immune systems. In the new study, researchers tested how women's sexual scent preferences changed depending on men's levels … Read more »