Yes, we’ve read about how testosterone can increase strength, sex drive and confidence, but a 2015 study from researchers at Harvard Medical School suggests that for most men, that is, those whose testosterone is within the normal range, testosterone does almost nothing. The New York Times reports on the research, […]
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Testosterone Can Lead To Bad Choices
Testosterone, a popular supplement for men worried about maintaining their vigor, should actually make men worried about maintaining something else: good judgement. Researchers at Caltech are convinced that higher levels of testosterone increase the tendency in men to rely on their intuitive judgments and reduce cognitive reflection. The researchers found […]
What Testosterone Does And Doesn’t Do
Here’s a sentence from the New York Times‘ recent report on testosterone studies: “Testosterone has been available as a drug for so long that it was never subjected to clinical trials of safety and efficacy as most new drugs are today.” Yikes! Over the past year, however, several studies have […]
Testosterone Builds Bone, May Up Heart Risk
Men got the good news about testosterone treatment last year, when researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School reported that testosterone treatment improved sexual function and mood. Now comes another report from the same study, suggesting that testosterone treatment improves bone density and strength, but warning that it seemed […]