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Fatigued? Libido fading? Muscle wasting away? You're the perfect candidate for testosterone therapy, at least according to those seductive TV commercials. There's certainly an ample market, with more than 1 in 3 men older than 45 suffering from a deficiency in the hormone responsible for masculine characteristics. But is low T therapy really a fountain of youth? Who benefits from it? And is it safe? In this episode, we talk to a urologist about what's often called the male menopause and when replacement therapy is the appropriate response.

Notable topics covered:

• Does too much testosterone really cause "roid rage?"
• Is declining testosterone inevitable? What are normal levels?
• Natural ways to boost your testosterone
• The symptoms that warrant going in for a blood test
• Why testosterone use tripled in the century's first decade
• Types of prescription testosterone: injections, gels, patches and, now, pills
• Have concerns about heart side effects been debunked?
• The connection between testosterone and prostate cancer
• Testosterone's little-known precipitous drop: impending fatherhood
• The causes of low testosterone
• The difference between testosterone therapy and performance-enhancing steroids