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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Subject: Re: Effects of testosterone/lack of on male ageing
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.232555.16530@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <1992Jul28.230236.11467@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:25:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.230236.11467@hubcap.clemson.edu> bdbryan@eng.clemson.edu writes:
- >Why is it that after having sexual relations with my wife, I feel tired
- >as in energy drain, and sometimes my joints ache and I get a sore throat?
-
- Have you asked your wife how SHE feels afterwards? :-| Maybe you should
- try taking it a bit easier.
-
- >Has there been any research done on the correlation between loss of semen,
- >(overworking of testes glands), and effects on other parts of the
- >endocrine system?
-
- Ejaculation doesn't make your testes work any harder.
-
- >-I have read some articles in "Health" magazine concerning why women outlive
- >men. One of the reasons given was due to a lack of testosterone in their
- >systems. What effect does testosterone have on male ageing (dang, never
- >could spell that word)?
-
- There are any number of speculative flights you could engage in.
- Speaking very broadly, estrogen tends to produce a more favorable
- (survival-wise) lipid profile whereas androgen tends to be atherogenic.
-
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- Steve Dyer
- dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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