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Do they check your testosterone. >> not unless you ask for it and with the psa controversy it will not be there but you can say, dr. samadi said, i need to. >> eric: all right, dr. siegel. >> i check both in my office, i check testosterone and psa and i believe in both and it is a landmark study coupling out of australia that shows a direct connection if not proof between the testosterone level being high with elderly people, an increased risk of them having prostate cancer and i tried to get the author of the study and he didn't get back to me but another expert, dr. david samadi thinks there...

Protection. higher testosterone, protection as well but in different ways. >> interesting, so the study also saw that men who comforted the babies, they were gich tven opportunity in the study to comfort crying babies but unsuccessfully. they weren't able to do it. but the men who got to soothe the crying dolls in this case saw the testosterone levels drop 10% so the theory, i guess, would be that if they have the ability to achieve the task, they have a calming tendency but when they can't soothe the baby, they spring into action. >> which is exactly what happens in real life if you think abo...

You should have a testosterone level drawn. i like to break it into three categories. one is physical. are you less active? one is psycho logical. are you not sleeping well? do you feel depressed? the last is sexual. do you have decreased libido? those three categories along with the prolonged period of time with a low testosterone level may advocate for treatment. but even though you may get treated doesn't mean that you would start to improve with the testosterone. some people don't improve when they receive testosterone treatments and therefore you have to decrease or stop the therapy obvio...

Turning now to something that you may want to kind of laugh at but maybe it isn't something to laugh at. male menopause because a lot of people would be quite confused about this. according to an article on cnn health between 1999 and 2008 the number of prescriptions filled in the u.s. for testosterone gels, shots, patches, the first line treatment for most men, increased by more than 400% to 3.3 million. you say that low testosterone or male menopause is actually very uncommon. what are the symptoms? >> well, actually menopause or mano-pause is common in the sense that testosterone levels as ...

Obesity, headache, decreased physical activity, decreased libido. but with that said, we have to have a word of caution. if you start to take testosterone supplements there are risk factors associated with that. one is an increased red blood cell production. that can lead to heart attacks and stroke. so you have to be careful and realize that before seeking treatment you should document your symptoms and make sure they're symptoms ongoing for a period of time as well as your testosterone level needs to be consistently low for a period of time. >> you say people shouldn't jump the gun because t...