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Low Testosterone May Affect Your Mental Health
Low testosterone can cause many different symptoms, including physical and emotional. Low T often co-occurs with conditions like depression and anxiety. Therefore, testosterone may play an important role in your mental health. Many men with low testosterone levels also experience mood changes that can disrupt their daily life. Some evidence suggests that treating low T may […]
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How Testosterone Affects Your Mood
Headlines are sometimes sensational to grab attention and pageviews. Too often the headline only tells a portion of the story — if it’s even accurate at all. But here is a case where the headline matches the content. A recent study conducted by Michael Irwig, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Center for […]
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Is That Mid-Life Crisis Due to Depression?
The stereotype has been played out countless times in movies and TV dramas: A man reaches his 40s or 50s — aka “middle age” — and a switch gets flipped. He is dissatisfied with his marriage, career, and life in general, so he begins to exhibit exotic and unexplained behaviors. He quits his job suddenly, […]
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What’s the Reason for Grumpy Old Man Syndrome?
At the gym the other day, I was doing my usual pre-workout warm up routine, when I noticed a male member — a guy who I see almost every time I’m in for a workout — I think in his late 60s/early 70s, pacing nervously over by the bank of treadmills to my left. Every […]