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Articles Tagged with low testosterone

March 1, 2017

Boston Testosterone Injury Risks Abound

According to a recent news article from KXAN, one of the side effects of using testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drugs is that it has been shown to lower a patient’s sperm count. This reported side effect has been especially pronounced with topical testosterone creams.

With testosterone replacement therapy becoming such a big business, there are a variety of competing products on the market, and these products come in many forms. There are oral medications, a film that is placed under the tongue, a stick deodorant, injectable testosterone and of course topical skin gels and creams. Continue reading

October 14, 2016

U.S. Military Testing Whether Testosterone Can Boost Combat Readiness

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

According to a recent article from Military Times, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) is testing whether giving soldiers testosterone hormone can help them in terms of strength and mental acuity during extended deployments in a combat theater. While soldiers have look joked that the military was secretly putting testosterone in their food, this is an actual publicly announced study.

One of the problems faced by soldiers on long deployments and field operations, among many, is that they are not able to eat normal meals on a regular basis. They are regularly forced to skip meals and survive on meals ready to eat (MREs). This results in them eating an average of 60 percent less calories than they actually require on a daily basis. Continue reading