Health

Male birth control gel to go into trials

A team at the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has announced that it will be putting a contraception gel it has developed into trials starting this April. The trials will involve more than 400 couples ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

PSA rise with testosterone gel tied to specific factors

(HealthDay)—Factors predicting greater prostate-specific antigen (PSA) increases with use of testosterone gel (T-gel) include age 60 years and older, baseline testosterone (T) ≤250 ng/dL, and percentage of free PSA

Cardiology

Testosterone therapy might increase heart attack risk

(HealthDay)—Testosterone therapy—widely advertised as a way to help men improve a low sex drive and reclaim diminished energy—might raise the risk of heart attack, according to new research.

Medications

Tefina, a 'female Viagra', currently being studied

Tefina, the first testosterone based intranasal gel, has been in part developed by the ULg's Galenic Pharmacy Laboratory. It is currently at the stage of testing before being marketed by the Canadian company, Trimel Pharmaceuticals.

Medical research

Testosterone gel fails to boost Viagra's effects

(HealthDay)—Men who have erectile dysfunction and low testosterone may get no extra benefit from adding the hormone to their Viagra prescription, a new study suggests.

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