Testosterone, Atherosclerosis & Heart Disease
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Testosterone, in numerous studies, is shown to have a protective role in heart disease. A study was done in the Netherlands and reported in the Circulation journal. It involved 194 men, with an average age of 77 years. Those who had the lowest levels of testosterone had 10 times the dangerous plaque lining their arteries. [...]
Heart Disease, Testosterone & Cholesterol
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009Testosterone and cholesterol have a relationship to heart disease. A number of studies associate low testosterone with increased heart disease risk. High cholesterol is often thought to be associated with heart attack and stroke because the atherosclerotic plaque that blocks coronary arteries and cerebral arteries contain a lot of cholesterol. Cholesterol is actually a secondary [...]