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AbbVie, the largest maker of topically applied testosterone and the focus of the most lawsuits, has joined the other pharmacies in talks with lawyers to settle the claims. According to news reports: "A federal judge has put a hold on any further proceedings in the massive, years-long nationwide...

A randomized placebo controlled trial found no benefit from testosterone replacement or physical exercise on vascular function. The abstract says: "We sought to determine whether T supplementation improved markers of vascular aging in men with low-normal T, and whether T supplementation...

More evidence that hormone levels should be one of the standard blood tests for aging men. The abstract says: "The present study aimed to examine associations of the testosterone/estradiol ratio, human leukocyte telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) expression and telomerase activity of...

I hope bacteriostatic water is on the list. The article says: "Sometimes IV bags are hard for hospitals to come by. Other times it's injectable folic acid to treat anemias. Right now the tissue-numbing agent lidocaine is in short supply. Shortages of commonplace generic drugs have plagued...

The study referred to in the article talks about glycation, which is the binding of sugar to proteins in the body, causing them to not function properly. Glycation is caused by abnormally high blood sugar levels, which in turn is caused by Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) or pre-diabetes. The association...

A newly reported benefit for testosterone replacement therapy is that it improves the health of men suffering from COPD. The press release describing the study says: "Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that testosterone replacement therapy may slow...

It increasingly looks like low testosterone is a marker for the chronic diseases of middle and old age in men and should be tested for in standard blood panels. The abstract says: "Low testosterone concentrations have been suggested as a risk factor for hypertension, but their contribution to...

If you remember the plot of Dr. Strangelove, General Jack D Ripper launches a fleet of nuclear bombers on Russia because he believes the Russians are poisoning America with fluoridated water. And he first detected this poisoning by some difficulties he had while having sex. So if this study is...

A mouse study finds that nasal application of nerve growth factor improves sexual function by stimulating gonadatropin releasing hormone (GnRH). The abstract says: "Nerve growth factor (NGF) plays essential roles in regulating the development and maintenance of central sympathetic and sensory...

Doctors consider using testosterone as a treatment for diabetes. The abstract says: "Sedentary lifestyle and over-nutrition are the main causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the same causes are major triggers of hypogonadism. Many T2D patients show low testosterone levels while...

I think the causal mechanisms between obesity and cancer and obesity and low testosterone are fairly well understood.

I don't think there's any mystery here. It's well established that obesity increases cancer risk and also is associated with lower testosterone in older men. Losing weight can help both. But it's also true that exogenous testosterone can decrease obesity in older men with low testosterone.

Youtube has a video where a guy sent ostarine bought from four different peptide companies to a lab to have them tested. All four companies' products contained ostarine. Two were slightly underdosed and one contained half the dose on the label.

Mantality, a testosterone clinic in the Saint Louis area, recently got some unwanted attention from the news media in the form of this story: At least three black women applying to a Missouri-based chain of testosterone clinics were told that their "suggestive" and "ghetto" names made them...