{"id":17716,"date":"2021-02-23T08:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17716"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:59:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:59:36","slug":"testosterone-therapy-may-have-some-benefits-but-it-wont-help-your-arteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17716","title":{"rendered":"Testosterone therapy may have some benefits but it won&#8217;t help your arteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study showed men ages 50 to 70 with larger-than-normal waist size and a low-to-moderate level of testosterone could boost the health and function of their arteries through a 12-week exercise program; however, adding testosterone treatments boosted the men\u2019s hormone levels but did nothing to improve artery health. In the study published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, the study author noted \u201ctestosterone therapy may have some benefits, for example in increasing muscle mass in the legs; however, we didn\u2019t find any benefits in terms of artery function, which is a determinant of future cardiovascular risk.\u201d Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/testosterone-therapy-fails-to-improve-artery-health-in-older-men\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dreamstime_m_191800511laughter-laughing-seniors-having-fun-lighthearted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16807\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dreamstime_m_191800511laughter-laughing-seniors-having-fun-lighthearted-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dreamstime_m_191800511laughter-laughing-seniors-having-fun-lighthearted-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dreamstime_m_191800511laughter-laughing-seniors-having-fun-lighthearted-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dreamstime_m_191800511laughter-laughing-seniors-having-fun-lighthearted-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study showed men ages 50 to 70 with larger-than-normal waist size and a low-to-moderate level of testosterone could<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17717,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17716\/revisions\/17717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}