Testosterone does not improve function in older men
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NEW YORK  - Although use of testosterone supplements may increase lean body mass and reduce fat mass in older men, it does not improve functional mobility or mental ability, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association for January 2.
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Men who participate in longer and more intense physical activity as they age will maintain more of their memory and thinking abilities, compared with men who don&#39;t, according to new research.
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Post-menopausal women with low levels of the male sex hormone  are more likely to develop heart disease, research suggests.
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Study indicates potential of alendronate and estrogen progression of osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by cartilage degradation and bone abnormalities, is a leading cause of disability among elderly
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NEW YORK  - DHEA is a popular dietary  supplement among older people, but its positive or negative  effects are unclear. Now, there's scientific proof that DHEA  has at least one benefit.
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U.S. black men aged 65 and older run  twice the risk of dying from prostate cancer than comparable  whites, but they are less likely to have a common blood test to  detect the disease, a study said on Monday.
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It&#39;s been decades since scientists formed the belief that testosterone therapy could spur increased sexual desire in women. Now researchers think they have a reliable way to deliver the testosterone
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A small new European study adds to the growing body of evidence that exercise can stave off mental decline in older people. The 290 participants, all men, were between the ages of 70 and 90 when the study began in 1990.
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NEW YORK  - The mortality rates for most  men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States are no  higher than those in the general population, a new analysis  shows. "The bottom line is that most men diagnosed with the  disease today can expect to live as long as, or longer than,  men their age without the disease," two editorialists comment.
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NEW YORK  - Men who use Viagra or Cialis  for erectile dysfunction (ED) have increases in levels of  testosterone, Italian researchers report.
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When added to conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone may reduce the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, results of a small study suggest.
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A new study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggest that the male sex hormone testosterone has both a physiological and a psychological impact on female sexuality.
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Young women with low libido had good sex more often after using a testosterone spray, Australian researchers said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study conducted by researchers in France suggest that selenium levels decrease with age, which may contribute to a loss of neurological abilities in the elderly.
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New research suggests that two  months of "androgen deprivation" therapy, which reduces levels  of the androgen, a male hormone, can help slow the growth of  locally advanced prostate cancer when given before and during  radiotherapy. Plus, the short course of androgen deprivation  therapy does not increase the risk of death from cardiovascular  disease, which had been a concern.
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Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50s. Women who took estrogen suffered less hardening of the arteries than those who took dummy pills, researchers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - Getting enough protein and moderate amounts of fat from food may help older men's muscles respond better to weight training, a study suggests.