Older Men With Low Testosterone Benefit From Testosterone Replacement
In older men with low testosterone levels, testosterone replacement therapy improves their risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to two new studies. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.Testosterone deficiency becomes more common with age, occurring in 18 percent of 70-year-olds, said a coauthor of both studies, Farid Saad, PhD, of Berlin-headquartered Bayer Schering Pharma.
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Filed under: Endocrinology on June 19th, 2008