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I've kept track of my blood work since July of 2001. It can be found in my Hormone Table

May
20

Low T, Diabetes and Death

written by delmer

The Daily Mirror recently published story titled, Diabetic men with low testosterone more likely to die. While I’m of the mind we’re all likely to die regardless of the levels of testosterone we have, eventually, I was curious enough about the headline to click the link in my newsreader and have a read. In the [...]

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Feb
6

Glenn Beck suffers from ED?

written by delmer

Probably not, but who knows? In any case it’ll be interesting to see how many hits that title brings in. The inspiration for it came from Creative Loafing Atlanta: Stress is erection unfriendly. Is your boyfriend under the gun about something — work? Family? Ahem, you? It’s normal for men to temporarily lose their libido [...]

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Dec
22

Warning against overprescribing testosterone supplements

written by delmer

In a CBS story titled Is Male Menopause Real? Yes, but… a case is made that doctors need to exercise caution when prescribing testosterone supplements for the treatment of andropause, due to the risks associated with testosterone replacement therapy. In the current study, 3,369 men between the ages of 40 and 79 were surveyed. Low [...]

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Dec
21

Low Testosterone in Charlotte

written by delmer

Here’s a clip from Fox News in Charlotte, NC. It concludes with the reporter saying doctor’s don’t know the causes of low testosterone but that it’s more likely to occur as a man ages. This, of course, isn’t 100% accurate for everybody (the dead horse I beat is the one about my pituitary tumor and [...]

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Dec
20

Testosterone supplements may aid female heart-failure patients

written by delmer

From an article at the Creighton University Medical Center’s website, this snippet. Researchers have previously linked testosterone to better health in elderly men with heart failure. In the new study, researchers randomly assigned 36 women with heart failure to receive normal medical treatment by itself or with skin patches that administered testosterone to their bodies. [...]

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Dec
18

Be Well Philly Articles on Andropause and TRT

written by delmer

Be Well Philly recently ran a series of articles by Dr. Daniel Monti in which he discusses Andropause and Testosterone Replacement Thereapy. In the first of the articles, The Disorder Doctor’s Miss: Male Menaupause, Dr. Monti talks about the signs of male menaupause as experienced by Steve: Steve is a 51-year-old sales manager who has [...]

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Dec
17

Low Testosterone in New Orleans

written by delmer

Meg Farris, at WWLTV in New Orleans, recently presented the story Men Face Health Problem as Testosterone Levels Dip.     When I found out I had low testosterone I did a lot of reading and remember thinking that if anything can go wrong with a man, having low testosterone can lead to it – [...]

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Dec
17

Low T and Frailty in Elderly Men

written by delmer

A recent study suggests that maintaining testosterone levels may be important for men throughout their lives and that low T may lead to frailty. Frailty is a state that occurs when a person nears the limits of their health reserves, so that when they are confronted by an event they might ordinarily be able to [...]

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Dec
16

Diet and Testosterone

written by delmer

I’ve mentioned, in one of my personal posts, that prior to finding out I had a pituitary tumor, but after I knew I had low testosterone, I read Lou Schuler’s The Testosterone Advantage Plan. The book described ways a man could naturally increase his testosterone through diet and exercise. As I recall, Schuler had scientific [...]

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Dec
15

A little more info on Axiron

written by delmer

There’s something to admire about a company that will modestly mix up the letters of Iron Ax to name it’s testosterone replacement cream.  I’m not sure what that something is… but it’s there. (I can only assume Rodstiff was already trademarked.) AN Australian company will sell the world’s first armpit testosterone lotion in American stores [...]

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