Testosterone Therapy: To Boost or Not to Boost

Fatigued? Libido fading? Muscle wasting away? You're the perfect candidate for testosterone therapy, at least according to those seductive TV commercials. There's certainly an ample market, with more than 1 in 3 men older than 45 suffering from a deficiency in the hormone responsible for masculine characteristics. But is low T therapy really a fountain of youth? Who benefits from it? And is it safe? In this episode, we talk to a urologist about what's often called the male menopause and when replacement therapy is the appropriate response.

Expert: Dr. Nathan Starke, Urologist

Interviewer: Todd Ackerman

Notable topics covered:

Does too much testosterone really cause "roid rage?"
Is declining testosterone inevitable? What are normal levels?
Natural ways to boost your testosterone
The symptoms that warrant going in for a blood test
Why testosterone use tripled in the century's first decade
Types of prescription testosterone: injections, gels, patches and, now, pills
Have concerns about heart side effects been debunked?
The connection between testosterone and prostate cancer
Testosterone's little-known precipitous drop: impending fatherhood
The causes of low testosterone
The difference between testosterone therapy and performance-enhancing steroids

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