Politics

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 11, 2012 Dr. Philip Werthman, Director of the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine in Los Angeles, warns of the side effects of testosterone therapy. As a male fertility expert, he has first hand experience with the dangers that are caused by the over diagnosis of low testosterone. Testosterone, the molecule that is being touted as a key ingredient in the fountain of youth for men, has recently hit prime time. Late night television commercials ask men over age 40 if they have the symptoms of a newly-coined condition- low T and anti-aging clinics are advertising everywhere that men look. While certainly testosterone levels decline with age, some doctors and pharmaceutical companies seem to be pushing men, even with reasonably normal testosterone levels, into using steroids with the promise it will cure their ills. For men with low testosterone levels who are symptomatic, this is appropriate treatment. For everyone, taking testosterone can be ...