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testosterone stories: 19 news summaries

McCain Voters' Testosterone Dropped After Loss

For men, elections are dominance competitions

Oct 22, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Male McCain voters were feeling a little less macho when the results of the 2008 election rolled in. Duke researchers tested testosterone levels in 183 voters across election night. Testosterone normally drops over the late evening—but male Obama voters’ levels remained stable, while McCain voters saw a bigger drop... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • testosterone • voting • Election 2008

 Flirting Makes Men Feel Better 

Hanging out with pretty women boosts testosterone level

Sep 30, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the bromance: Hanging out with attractive women makes men feel better than they do around other men, a new study finds. Just being around the fairer sex boosts men’s levels of testosterone and cortisol, hormones that improve alertness and well-being. In the trials, just five minutes around attractive... More »

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testosterone • dating • flirting • men's health • cortisol

(Newser) - Women with higher testosterone levels may be more likely to seek out riskier careers, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Chicago tested the testosterone levels of 500 graduate business students, then tracked their post-graduation career moves. Ultimately 36% of women went into high-risk financial careers, and... More »

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women • study • testosterone • career • risk-taking • women's issues

(Newser) - Pre-race World Championship blood tests on super South African runner Caster Semenya revealed testosterone levels three times typical female rates, a source tells the Telegraph. The results of the tests, carried out in South Africa, contributed to a decision by sports officials to call for "gender verification" tests on... More »

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gender • Berlin • South Africa • testosterone • anabolic steroids • East Germany • World Championships • blood tests • gold medal • gold medalist • gender confusion • women athletes • Caster Semenya • gender test

Docs Debate Male Menopause

Low testosterone can make you grumpy, impotent—and a great target for drugmakers

Aug 10, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re a guy in your late 40s or 50s, and you’ve been feeling unusually grumpy, borderline impotent, and all around miserable lately, you might just have male menopause, ABC News reports. Many physicians believe men experience a drop in testosterone as they get older, which can result... More »

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testosterone • pharmaceutical industry • male menopause

(Newser) - Porn might be the best way for older men to boost their testosterone levels, but don’t tell that to a drug company that peddles a cure for “low T,” Newsweek reports. Solvay Pharmaceuticals makes a “testosterone foam” that claims to combat such maladies as “lost... More »

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steroids • men • drug companies • pornography • testosterone • aging • prescription drugs • middle age • AndroGel

 A Pill for Men, Perhaps 


May 4, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Testosterone injections can render men temporarily infertile and function as a male contraceptive, Chinese scientists say. Their tests on 1,045 healthy, fertile men were 99% successful and left only two subjects less fertile than they were before the trial. “Our study shows a male hormonal contraceptive regimen may... More »

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China • contraception • testosterone • birth control • contraceptive • medical study • male pill

Finger Length Holds Key to Running Skill

Measure digits to predict aggression, math scores, arthritis

Mar 13, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boys with ring fingers longer than their middle fingers may be speedier than peers with more symmetrical hands, a study of Qatari adolescents suggests. The speed difference is associated with exposure to testosterone in the womb, LiveScience reports. Finger length can also predict men’s aggression and SAT math scores,... More »

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gender • testosterone • speed • running • scientific study • boy • fingers

Testosterone Patch Boosts Female Sex Drive

Treatment significantly lifted libido in study of menopausal women

Nov 7, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A testosterone patch boosted menopausal women's sexual desire and satisfaction in a new study, the Chicago Tribune reports. The women reported a big leap in libido, and their number of satisfying sexual experiences rose from twice a month to once a week. Some suffered side effects, including facial hair growth.... More »

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testosterone • menopause • sex drive • sex hormone • postmenopausal women • libido • sexual dysfunction

Would-Be Dads Have Ticking Clock, Too

Men's age can affect ability to conceive earlier than women's

Sep 10, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a couple has trouble conceiving, don't necessarily blame the woman and her limited supply of eggs—men's fertility starts dropping even before women's, Time reports. In addition to fecundity issues, older men also risk siring children with higher rates of autism, schizophrenia, Down syndrome and bipolar disorder. Male fertility... More »

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fertility • sperm • autism • schizophrenia • testosterone • bipolar disorder • male fertility • Down Syndrome

 Landis Can't Overturn Ban 

Court upholds doping prohibition that cost cyclist '06 Tour de France title

Jun 30, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cyclist Floyd Landis lost perhaps his final chance to keep his 2006 Tour de France title today, the AP reports, with a key panel upholding a 2-year doping ban. The three-person Court of Arbitration for Sport said Landis’ drug test was the product of “less than ideal laboratory practices,... More »

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Floyd Landis • testosterone • Tour de France • Court of Arbitration for Sport • World Anti Doping Agency • performance-enhancing drugs

Missing Genes Can Thwart Doping Tests

Athletes' DNA triggers false negative tests for testosterone

Apr 30, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Testosterone injections are among the most common performance-enhancing drugs detected in athlete screenings, but some lucky competitors can take them without fear of exposure, the New York Times reports. Of 55 men given testosterone in a recent study, 17 came up clean on a drug test because they're missing... More »

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genetics • DNA • testosterone • genes • performance-enhancing drugs

 Volatile Market
 Hooked on
 Testosterone 

Study pinpoints role of bullish hormone in boorish traders

Apr 15, 08 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The buying and selling of the world's wealth is at the mercy of aggressive men and their hormonal fluctuations, neuroscientists have discovered. While that doesn't come as a big surprise, the study isolates the major role that testosterone plays in making boorish traders exceptionally bullish—and the part the hormone... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • men • testosterone • hormones • bear market • bull market • masculinity • risky trading • medical study • hormone therapy

Sex Hormone Tied to Depression

Mood tracks testosterone levels, study finds

Mar 4, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Men with low levels of testosterone are more likely to be depressed, Australian researchers have found, and they recommend that those with abnormally low levels be treated with injections of the sex hormone. A study of men over the age of 70 revealed that those with the lowest testosterone levels... More »

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depression • hormone replacement therapy • testosterone • osteoporosis • health study • mood • sex hormone • University of Western Australia • Professor Osvaldo Almeida • hypogonadism • muscle mass

Sex Drug
for Women Being Tested

Viagra-like treatment aims to boost
female libido, drive

Jan 2, 08 7:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The University of Virginia is set to become the latest institution to test a drug designed to boost the sex drive of women, the AP reports. LibiGel is a testosterone-laden ointment the patient rubs into her skin to increase energy and libido. Decreased sex drive is believed to affect one-third... More »

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medicine • women • testosterone • LibiGel • sex drive

Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

Olympic sprinter thinks vengeful massage therapist may have framed him

Jan 1, 08 10:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin won't be competing this year in Beijing—or in any other track and field meet—after receiving a four-year ban for a failed drug test in 2006. The sprinter had been arguing his case, saying, for one thing, that a prior doping charge shouldn't count... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • testosterone • track and field • Olympic Games • Justin Gatlin

Women Wired to Fall for
Bass Baritones

Study finds evolutionary preference
for deep voices

Sep 26, 07 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Posh Spice may not agree, but new research shows that women are more drawn to the deep baritone of a Barry White than the higher-pitched squeak of a David Beckham. Studies of the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, whose lifestyle  is similar to that of early man, reveal that men with... More »

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reproduction • Tanzania • testosterone • Harvard • Hadza tribe • bass voices • vocal dimorphism • runaway sexual selection • Biology Letters

Testosterone in Womb Linked to Autistic Traits

Supports theory that problem is 'extreme male brain' disorder

Sep 12, 07 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - An eight-year study has found a link between high levels of fetal testosterone and autistic traits in children, reports the BBC. Scientists don't know whether the testosterone causes the autistic tendencies or if the hormone is a by-product of autism, but the findings appear to support the head researcher's theory... More »

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autism • children • testosterone • hormones • research • male brain

Oh, Brother! Female Twins Less Likely to Have Kids

Blame exposure
to testosterone

Jun 19, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female twins with twin brothers are less likely to marry and have kids than those with twin sisters, a new study shows, and those who do reproduce have fewer children. Elevated exposure to testosterone in utero appears to be the culprit, say British scientists who reached back over two centuries... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • twins • children • estrogen • testosterone • hormones • family • health study

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