Focus on hormones: Testosterone therapy's benefits, risks need crystallizing
Focus on hormones
Testosterone therapy's benefits, risks need crystallizing
In older men, low testosterone may contribute to heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic conditions.
Testosterone, the most male of hormones, profoundly affects the heart. In young men, it nudges the heart (and other parts of the body) toward romance. In older men, it helps keep the heart ticking and blood vessels in shape for love and everything else.
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