New studies show testosterone treatment improves bone density and anemia but increased plaque buildup in arteries of men over 65; it is also associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events in men 40 or older.
Testosterone therapy, when used by men over age 65 who have low testosterone levels, offers some health benefits but also poses potential risks, suggests a roundup of five new studies in the Journal of American Medicine and JAMA Internal Medicine.
Testosterone treatment improves bone density and anemia in those men, the results indicated.
But on the downside, it increases the amount of plaque buildup in coronary arteries while doing nothing to improve cognitive function, the researchers found.
