Event Details:
Chair Person: Dr Mark Leite
Event Type: Regional Meetings
Available Space: 200
CPD Points: 2
Cost to non Member: R500
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Description:
Understanding How Testosterone Affects Men
Testosterone is a sex hormone that plays important roles in the body. In men, it's
thought to regulate sex drive (libido), bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and
strength, and the production of red blood cells and sperm. A small amount of
circulating testosterone is converted to estradiol, a form of estrogen.
The complex effects of testosterone, investigators found, depend partly on its
conversion in the body to a type of estrogen. The insights will help guide the
development of better ways to diagnose and treat men who don’t produce enough
natural testosterone.
Testosterone is a sex hormone that plays important roles in the body. In men, it’s
thought to regulate sex drive (libido), bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and
strength, and the production of red blood cells and sperm. A small amount of
circulating testosterone is converted to estradiol, a form of estrogen. As men age,
they often make less testosterone, and so they produce less estradiol as well. Thus,
changes often attributed to testosterone deficiency might be partly or entirely due to
the accompanying decline in estradiol.