New research finds that men with low testosterone may be at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
Key Takeaways ; Men with below-normal testosterone levels had a 40 percent higher risk of death from any cause compared with men with levels in the high-normal range. ; Men with extremely low T were about 60 percent more likely to die from heart disease. ; Results from this study suggest higher testosterone levels may not completely explain why men are more likely than women to have heart attacks and strokes.
death in men is apparent mostly when testosterone levels are very low. What is important to note from this is that regardless of the levels defining what is considered normal for any...
A primary cardiovascular end-point event occurred in 182 patients (7.0%) in the testosterone group and in 190 patients (7.3%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.96; 95% confidence interval, 0.78 to 1.17; P<0.001 for noninferiority). Similar findings were observed in sensitivity analyses in which data on events were censored at various times after discontinuation of testosterone or placebo. The incidence of secondary end-point events or of each of the events of the composite primary cardiovasc...
In middle-aged and older men with hypogonadism and low libido, TRT for 2 years improved sexual activity, hypogonadal symptoms, and sexual desire, but not erectile function.
Researchers say low testosterone levels in men can increase mortality risk and very low levels of testosterone can increase the risk of cardiovascular-related death
publication in the New England Journal of Medicine that examined older men with an average... For men with drastically low testosterone, like Sullivan, the drug has been a boon. Other than...
Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal differences between men and women may make men more susceptible to severe disease. And since men have much more testosterone than women, some scientists have speculated that high levels of testosterone may be to blame. But a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that, among men, the opposite may be true: that low testosterone levels in the blood are ...
4-Minute Listen ; In 2014 Time magazine ran a cover story titled Manopause?!, documenting the rise of the $2 billion testosterone industry, which marketed the hormone as a way to fend off age-related declines in sexual function, energy and strength. As interest soared, so too did questions about safety. A small study showed testosterone could improve muscle strength in older men, but it also found something unexpected: a higher rate of adverse cardiovascular events such as heart attacks. In 2015 the FDA required manufacturers to add warning lab ...
Conclusions : In symptomatic men 65 years of age or older, raising testosterone concentrations for 1 year from moderately low to the mid-normal range for men 19 to 40 years of age had a moderate benefit with respect to sexual function and some benefit with respect to mood and depressive symptoms but no benefit with respect to vitality or walking distance. The number of participants was too few to draw conclusions about the risks of testosterone treatment. (Funded by the National Institutes of He...