Giving testosterone to men with low levels might help their cholesterol and fats in the blood get better, but we still don’t know if that actually makes their heart safer or not.

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The effect of androgens on lipids

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2013 Apr

This study says that giving testosterone to men with low levels can help their cholesterol in some ways but hurt it in others, and we still don’t know if that makes their heart safer or not — which is exactly what the claim says.

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The effect of androgens on lipids

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DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32835edb71

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