A Food and Drug Administration panel of health experts convened Wednesday to discuss and promote the health benefits of testosterone treatments for men. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary told Morning ...
Irwin Goldstein, MD, director of San Diego Sexual Medicine, takes testosterone replacement therapy, just like many of his patients. Over more than two decades, he’s tried it all—shots, pellets, gels, ...
Testosterone is being hailed as the secret to better energy, mood, and sex drive. Here’s what experts say about when it actually does help—and when it doesn’t. Women naturally produce testosterone, a ...
You probably think of testosterone as the male sex hormone. Indeed, the FDA currently only approves supplemental testosterone treatment — available as injections, topical creams and gels, patches, ...
Here’s when and why experts think testosterone should be prescribed to middle-aged women, and how it affects their lives. By Susan Dominus Testosterone use has recently exploded among middle-aged ...
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon. Credit... Supported by By Susan Dominus Spend ...
Rob, 42, is a fitness guy. He loves working out, spends his spare time in the jujitsu gym and eats a high-protein diet heavy on avocado oil. He cares about his health and wants to optimize it, and a ...
When women have high testosterone, the primary hormone in people assigned male at birth, it is medically known as hyperandrogenism. Underlying health conditions, medication side effects, or lifestyle ...
Cate Hall’s sex drive tanked when she hit 40. After months of trying—and failing—to boost it, she read a pamphlet in a doctor’s office about the effects of low testosterone in women, including low ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s personal health-care routine is perplexing in its inconsistencies. He decries seed oils, despite near scientific consensus that they’re harmless; drinks raw milk, which has ...
Do women have a testosterone problem? Social media influencers believe they do. And with the rise of telemedicine and testosterone replacement clinics opening up across the country, access to the drug ...
The immune systems of men and women are known to display key differences. Men are, broadly speaking, more vulnerable to viral infections such as COVID and influenza. Women mount a stronger response to ...