Testosterone Decline

Yes, there is a male version of menopause. Technically, it's known as andropause, in which men go through a gradual decline in testosterone production. Men, watch out: Loss of testosterone can really do a number on you. Testosterone is the hormone of virility, strength and youth. Diminished testosterone levels impede sex drive. Testosterone production drops about 50 percent between the ages of late forties and early seventies. That's a big loss for this crucial hormone. Aging is the number one cause for the big testosterone drop, but here are six other potential contributors: stress, medical conditions (including diabetes), mental illness, poor diet, medications, and obesity and not enough exercise or lame exercise. Results of diminished …show more content…
Though it's long been known that women are more prone to such diseases, it's not been clear until now what the reason was. In the report, the researchers suggest that testosterone plays a part in balancing the immune system and that more of it in men, than women, helps men to ward off those diseases that are due to inflammation. The study has important ramifications for both men and women, and also for health care providers. For men, the new research might help cancer researchers discover why prostate cancer is so prevalent in the abscess of inflammation; many cancer researchers have singled out inflammation as a possible lead-up to many types of cancer, possibly now, due to this latest research, offering some expansion as to why so many women get breast cancer. It's all about inflammation. The more immediate impact is likely to be felt by possible changes in the types and quality of healthcare provided to women. For generations, women have been told by their doctors that their pains are all in their head, or that they shouldn't somehow matter. This attitude has likely been the result of a male dominated profession that had little understanding of