FROM THE DESK OF DR. PETER FOTINOS Why Replace Testosterone? Testosterone is what you call an androgen or male hormone. It is the hormone that gives men AND women the competitive advantage to “survive” (This would be the main reason why athletes abuse it.) When you lose it, people lose the ability to “compete”. Testosterone [...]

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a testosterone patch for the treatment of women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder after natural menopause. DESIGN: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial was conducted in naturally menopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder receiving a stable dose of oral estrogen with or without progestin [...]

Cholesterol high? Worried the next bite you put in your mouth could drive it higher? Don’t worry, you are NOT alone. One hundred and five million adults in the United States have high cholesterol. So there’s a chance that YOU or someone YOU know has high cholesterol! Why should you care? If you are an [...]

Christ Er, carroll PV, Russell-Jones DL, Sonksen PH Division of Medicine (UMDS), St. Thomas’ Hospital, London. The availability of recombinant human growth hormone (GH) has resulted in investigation of the role of GH in adulthood and the effects of GH replacement in the GH-deficient adult. These studies have led to the recognition of a specific [...]

Carter HB, Pearson JD, Metter EJ, Chan DW, Andres R, Fozard JL, Rosner W, Walsh PC. Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287-2101, USA. Abstract Androgens are thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. We evaluated androgen levels [...]