Excessive Testosterone Linked To Mortality Risk In Older Men
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
Older men with moderate testosterone, a key male sex hormone involved in maintaining sex drive, sperm production and bone health , tend to live longer, according to a new paper. Physicians have long known that low testosterone levels can signal health problems, but the new study found men may not fare better when levels of the hormone rise too high. The population-based cohort study analyzed the mortality rate in a group of 3,690 community-dwelling men between the ages of 70 to 89 in Perth, Western Australia. Participants' testosterone and DHT levels were measured between 2001 and 2004. Researchers analyzed the group's survival rate as of December 2010. read more