For Men: Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Research Articles

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Research and Articles on the Risks and Benefits of Testosterone Replacement
    There have been thousands of studies on the use of testosterone replacement therapy for men. Benefits of such replacement therapy have been clearly demonstrated. However, there persist to be many misconceptions about the potential risks of such therapy. We have selected some of the best articles about testosterone for you to review (and can furnish more to you on request). Just click on the topic below for a link to these studies in the U.S. National Library of Medicine or to other reliable sources of information.

1. Summary:

a.    A practical guide to male hypogonadism in the primary care setting. Int J Clin Pract. 2010 May;64(6):682-96.; Dandona P, Rosenberg MT.; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, State University of New York at Buffalo and Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY, USA.

2.     Testosterone levels decrease as we age:

a.    A population-level decline in serum testosterone levels in American men.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jan;92(1):196-202.; Travison TG, Araujo AB, O'Donnell AB, Kupelian V, McKinlay JB.; New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, USA.

b.    Age-related changes in serum testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin in Australian men: longitudinal analyses of two geographically separate regional cohorts.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Sep;92(9):3599-603.;  Liu PY, Beilin J, Meier C, Nguyen TV, Center JR, Leedman PJ, Seibel MJ, Eisman JA, Handelsman DJ.;  Department of Andrology, Concord Hospital and ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2139, Australia.

3.     Low testosterone levels increase risk of death:

a.    Low serum testosterone and mortality in older men.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Jan;93(1):68-75.;  Laughlin GA, Barrett-Connor E, Bergstrom J.;  Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0631C, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.

4.     Low testosterone levels increase risk of heart disease:

a.     Welcoming low testosterone as a cardiovascular risk factor. Maggio M, Basaria S. Int J Impot Res. 2009 Jul-Aug;21(4):261-4.;  Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

5.     Testosterone therapy improves libido / sexual response:

a.    Subjective sexual response to testosterone replacement therapy based on initial serum levels of total testosterone.  J Sex Med. 2007 Nov;4(6):1757-62.;  Reyes-Vallejo L, Lazarou S, Morgentaler A.;  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

6.      Testosterone treats depression:

a.    A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of testosterone treatment in hypogonadal older men with subthreshold depression (dysthymia or minor depression).  J Clin Psychiatry. 2009 Jul;70(7):1009-16.; Shores MM, Kivlahan DR, Sadak TI, Li EJ, Matsumoto AM.;  Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Wash. 98108, USA.

7.     Testosterone does NOT cause prostate cancer:

a.    Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Prostate Risks: Where’s the Beef?   Abstract only: Can J Urol. 2006 Feb;13 Suppl 1:40-3.; Morgentaler A.; Division of Urology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.