The elderly – Hormone Levels DNA damage and Trauma Survival

Updated 2019 02 10: Added links to related articles.

The elderly – Hormone Levels DNA damage and Trauma Survival

Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

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Testosterone Levels & Risk of Fractures in Elderly Men; Air Pollution & DNA Damage in Sperm; Statins & Trauma Survival in the Elderly

The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author.  Please consult with your physician before making any lifestyle or medication changes, or if you have any other concerns regarding your health.

LOW TESTOSTERONE LEVELS & FRACTURE RISK IN ELDERLY MEN

Following a recent column in which I discussed the risks versus benefits of testosterone supplementation in older men, a reader wrote to ask me if there were still any medically appropriate reasons for men to receive testosterone replacement therapy.  Aside from its use to treat flagging libido in men with documented low levels of this primary male sex hormone in the blood, the indications for testosterone supplementation in older men have been rather controversial.  The only other mainstream clinical indication for testosterone replacement therapy, to date, has been to treat—or prevent—osteoporosis (a weakening of the bones due to loss of mineral content), in an effort to prevent the skeletal fractures that become more common as we age.  Unfortunately, there is far more clinical data to support the use of hormonal and non-hormonal therapies in elderly, postmenopausal women (who suffer from osteoporosis and osteoporosis-related fractures more commonly than older men do) than is the case for men. …(Full Story)

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• Depopulating the world – A progress report
• Many elderly – too few children to care for them