December 22, 2016
(JeffreyDachMD.com) Forty Per Cent More Likely to Die….Two reports published in the recent medical literature showed that low testosterone is associated with increased mortality.(1)(2)(3) Upper Left Image: Chemical structure of human, bio-identiical testosterone courtesy of wikimedia commons.
[Sponsor Links: FREE COLLOIDAL SILVER]
In the first study from 2006, low testosterone was found to be associated with increased mortality among veterans. (1) . A low testosterone level was a total testosterone level of less than 250 ng/dL and 858 men were followed for 8 years. Those with low testosterone levels had an increased mortality rate (hazard ratio, 1.88). (1)
Low Testosterone Increased MortalityLeft chart from Arch Int Med 2006 Molly Shores (1) Low Testosterone group (Green Line) had highest mortality rate.
In the second study published in 2008 tracked nearly 800 men, 50 to 91 years old, living in California. Their testosterone level was measured at…
