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NPR science reporter <u>Will Stone<\/u> took a deep dive into it all: What deficiency looks like in men, what doctors recommend and what the research says about who actually needs testosterone replacement therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8461\">U.S. delays 50% tariff on Canadian imports. And, takeaways from Florida\u2019s primaries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a guy \u2013 or even just friends with a guy \u2013 and on the Internet, you may have noticed that testosterone discourse is<em> everywhere<\/em>. There\u2019s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing testosterone screenings for soldiers, Joe Rogan discussing hormone therapy, and influencers discussing high- and low-T levels. Those levels affect more than just sex. They also affect metabolism, bone health, muscle mass, red blood cell production and brain function. NPR science reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/919093243\/will-stone\"target=\"_blank\"   >Will Stone<\/a> took a deep dive into it all: What deficiency looks like in men, what doctors recommend and what the research says about who actually needs testosterone replacement therapy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Interested in hearing more reporting on popular science topics? Email us what you\u2019d like us to cover at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:shortwave@npr.org\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>plus.npr.org<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1683],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-wave","tag-hormones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Testosterone is all the rage. 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