Testosterone and CHF

Testosterone's favorable effects on an important metabolic component of chronic heart failure

Researchers writing in the European Journal of Heart Failure say that testosterone improves fasting insulin sensitivity in men with chronic heart failure and may also increase lean body mass, these data suggest a favorable effect of testosterone on an important metabolic component of CHF.

Malkin CJ, Jones TH, Channer KS. The effect of testosterone on insulin sensitivity in men with heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2006 Jul 5

Other Articles
Researchers in Sweden writing in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, say "not only estrogens but also androgens are of importance for bone health in elderly men."

Older Men and Testosterone
From the study abstract: "Male hypogonadism is a clinical situation characterized by a low serum testosterone level in combination with a diversity of symptoms and signs such as reduced libido and vitality, decreased muscle mass, increased fat mass and depression.

More Testosterone Research Concerning Older Men
More interesting research into Testosterone is being conducted, here are two current studies and portions of their study abstract.

Testosterone replacement therapy and the risk of prostate cancer
The article says "The belief that testosterone increases the risk of prostate cancer is so widely accepted that study after study that tries to show it and can't keeps getting repeated over and over," says Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, a Boston urologist and author of the 2004 review. "People don't believe it."

Testosterone, Estrogen and Bone Loss
These findings underscore the importance of both androgens and estrogens in male skeletal homeostasis and suggest that changes in skeletal sensitivity to PTH may play an important role in the pathogenesis of hypogonadal bone loss in men.

Risk factors for testosterone loss in aging men
"The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum levels of testosterone and free testosterone to lifestyle in aging males"

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