What role does testosterone play?
Just how important is testosterone for preventing heart disease in men?
Just 20 years ago, this question wouldn't have even been asked. Traditional teaching was that, because men develop heart disease earlier than females (by 10 years), testosterone must therefore cause heart disease.
But observations accumulated since then have turned this misconception topsy-turvy:
Not only does testosterone not cause heart disease, it may in fact be protective.
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