Our hormones play a BIG role in our health and well-being, even helping us prevent and defend ourselves against chronic diseases! There are actually quite a few diseases that don’t survive when hormones are optimized, but there are too many to cover in this post. Let’s just talk about the big 5 for now:…
Do you feel like you’re slowing down more and more every day? Not jumping out of bed in the morning. Missing the pep in your step from when you were in your twenties? Does it feel like you’re begrudgingly becoming the old man/woman you always swore to never turn into? You’re not alone. …
The “adverse effects” of testosterone have been hot topics in the press lately. Many of the claims are sensational and frightening, yet the reality is that they are mostly less than truthful. I wanted to briefly take a look at a topic that has enormous health implications for both men and women. We all know…
By: ncbi.com Abstract BACKGROUND: Testosterone therapy for older men has increased substantially over the past decade. Research on the effects of testosterone therapy on cardiovascular outcomes has yielded inconsistent results. OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in a population-based cohort of older men receiving intramuscular testosterone. METHOD: Using a 5% national sample…