Low testosterone in men linked to earlier death
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NEW YORK  - Older men with low levels of the hormone testosterone may die sooner than other men their age with normal testosterone levels, a study suggests.
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Obese people may be less likely to develop prostate cancer but more likely to die  of it, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Testosterone levels in men  decline with age, and this could have an effect on their mental  well-being. However, experiments in healthy young men indicate  that artificially shutting down androgens -- male hormones --  doesn't have much effect on their mood, according to a new  report.
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NEW YORK  - Men with chronic obstructive  pulmonary disease (COPD) -- which includes a number of lung  problems such as emphysema that make breathing difficult -- may  benefit from an extra dose of testosterone, a new study  indicates.
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NEW YORK  - Doctors generally do not take  measures to prevent or treat osteoporosis, the loss of bone  mass, in men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone  therapy, even when other risk factors are present, according to  new research.
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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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NEW YORK  - A standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer is to suppress testosterone production by removal of the testes.
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A small study of female-to-male transsexuals shows that testosterone therapy at "male" dosages significantly increases bone mineral density.
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US 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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NEW YORK  - As men age they are more likely than women to develop symptoms of metabolic syndrome, including increased belly size, high blood pressure, and cholesterol and blood sugar abnormalities; and study findings also suggest that low male hormone levels may predict an increased metabolic syndrome risk.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers studying a group of vegetarians who'd maintained a diet relatively low in protein and calories found that they had lower blood levels of several hormones and other substances that have been tied to certain cancers.
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NEW YORK  - Men with testosterone levels in the low-normal range are much more likely to have diabetes than those with higher levels, whether or not they are obese, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care.
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Obese men often experience a sharp  decline in testosterone levels while obese girls show much  higher levels of the sex hormone than girls of normal weight,  according to scientific research released on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Men with type 2 diabetes seem  to be less likely to develop prostate cancer, overall, a new  study indicates.
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And while one in six men will get the disease during his lifetime, only one in 32 will die from it. The death rate for prostate cancer is declining, cancer experts note, due to developments that range from
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Older men who were classified as "highly fit" died at half the rate of those who were not fit in a major long-term study, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Men who lose 3cm or more of height as they age have an increased risk of heart attack and death, a study finds.