Veterans Affairs Research Communications A Veterans Affairs database study of more than 83,000 patients found that men whose low testosterone was restored to normal through gels, patches, or injections had a lower risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from any cause, versus similar men who were not treated. The study also found that men …
The Million Women Study was conducted by The University of Oxford with the goal of recruiting women in the UK to answer the following questions: What effects do combined oestrogen and progestagen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) preparations have on breast cancer risk? Are breast cancers detected at screening in women who have used HRT or …
The value of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) older men is now being hotly debated. Our study offers comment on two points within that debate: 1) the musculoskeletal benefits of TRT and 2) the cardiovascular (CV) risks of TRT. First, the Endocrine Society’s 2010 guidelines for TRT state that the musculoskeletal effects of testosterone are unproven …