Testosterone and aging
Subtitle: clinical research directions
By: Committee on Assessing the Need for Clinical Trials of Testosterone Replacement Therapy, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Catharyn T. Liverman, Dan G. Blazer, editors
Contributors: Liverman, Catharyn T; Blazer, Dan G. 1944-; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessing the Need for Clinical Trials of Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Longevity; Aging -- Prevention; Testosterone -- Physiological effect
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: INTRODUCTION; value: Scope of this Report; value: Aging and Hormonal Changes; value: Testosterone, Human Development, and Health; value: Measuring Testosterone Levels; value: Testosterone Therapy; value: Growing Use of Testosterone Therapy; value: Clinical Trials; value: TESTOSTERONE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES; value: Changes in Endogenous Testosterone Levels with Aging; value: Literature Review; value: Bone; value: Body Composition and Strength; value: Physical Function; value: Cognitive Function; value: Mood and Depression; value: Sexual Function; value: Health-Related Quality of Life; value: Cardiovascular and Hematologic Outcomes; value: Prostate Outcomes; value: Other Health Outcomes; value: Multiple Outcomes; value: FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; value: Strategy for Future Clinical Trials in Older Men; value: Recommendations; value: Initial Efficacy Trials in Older Men; value: Protection of Research Participants: Safety and Ethical Issues; value: Additional Areas of Research; value: Need for Efficacy Studies in Older Men; value: Clinical Studies in Middle-Aged Men