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Senior Member (Voting Rights)
The women's health campaigner Kate Muir believes the hormone should be more widely prescribed. She explains the benefits
Testosterone for menopausal women has been all over the news recently as “prescriptions soar” but in fact only a tiny number — about 8,000 out of the 13 million women of menopausal age in the UK — are prescribed testosterone as part of NHS hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Should it be more?
Women and doctors are waking up to the fact that testosterone has a positive effect on our health — not just in terms of libido, but much more. A panel of experts from international menopause societies has called for more clinical trials on testosterone’s effect on osteoporosis, muscle and brain health in older women. Here’s why this neglected hormone might play a key role in longevity.
-it can improve sex drive
-it can protect against urinary tract infections
-testosterone may help prevent osteoporosis
-low testosterone levels double the risk of heart disease
-memory may be boosted
-testosterone may increase resistance to Alzheimer's Disease
-in middle age, muscle declines- testosterone maintains it
So here’s hoping, with such promising leads, that more large trials will be done on the health benefits of testosterone. A century of gender bias in medicine has left women in the dark about their own hormones, and it’s time we demanded more knowledge.
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Testosterone for menopausal women has been all over the news recently as “prescriptions soar” but in fact only a tiny number — about 8,000 out of the 13 million women of menopausal age in the UK — are prescribed testosterone as part of NHS hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Should it be more?
Women and doctors are waking up to the fact that testosterone has a positive effect on our health — not just in terms of libido, but much more. A panel of experts from international menopause societies has called for more clinical trials on testosterone’s effect on osteoporosis, muscle and brain health in older women. Here’s why this neglected hormone might play a key role in longevity.
-it can improve sex drive
-it can protect against urinary tract infections
-testosterone may help prevent osteoporosis
-low testosterone levels double the risk of heart disease
-memory may be boosted
-testosterone may increase resistance to Alzheimer's Disease
-in middle age, muscle declines- testosterone maintains it
So here’s hoping, with such promising leads, that more large trials will be done on the health benefits of testosterone. A century of gender bias in medicine has left women in the dark about their own hormones, and it’s time we demanded more knowledge.
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