<p>Malcolm Curruthers, study co-author from the University College London, said the misery of male menopause can easily be prevented and treated.<br /><br />"Testosterone deficiency not only causes symptoms that can wreck lives and loves from as early as a man’s 40s, it is linked to heart disease, diabetes and brittle bones. Some people are even beginning to link it to Alzheimer’s disease as well," said Curruthers.<br />The male menopause, which is being re-branded testosterone deficiency syndrome, so as to distance it from the female version, affects one in five men over 50, the Daily Mail reports.<br /><br />But younger men can also suffer such symtoms, caused by plunging levels of the sex hormone.<br /><br />Earlier this year, Robbie Williams, 37, shocked his legions of female fans by admitting he was injecting himself with testosterone to boost his sex drive.<br /><br />Jabs can last up to six months and daily gels are also available.<br />The male menopause has long been dismissed as an excuse for men behaving badly in middle age, usually purchasing a ridiculous motorbike or fast car.<br /><br />Some doctors dismiss the symptoms as an inevitable consequence of ageing. <br /><br />Others say that symptoms such as hot flushes, sweating, depression and loss of sex drive are just side-effects of being overweight, lazy and smoking and drinking too much.<br />But one of the biggest stumbling blocks has been fears that topping up a man’s testosterone raises his risk of prostate cancer.<br /><br />The study, which tracked the health for 15 years of almost 1,500 men treated at Carruthers’ Men’s Health Centre in London’s Harley Street, found this concern to be unfounded.<br /><br />The men treated were no more likely to develop the cancer than other men and raising testosterone levels was found to help the prostate in other ways.</p>
<p>Malcolm Curruthers, study co-author from the University College London, said the misery of male menopause can easily be prevented and treated.<br /><br />"Testosterone deficiency not only causes symptoms that can wreck lives and loves from as early as a man’s 40s, it is linked to heart disease, diabetes and brittle bones. Some people are even beginning to link it to Alzheimer’s disease as well," said Curruthers.<br />The male menopause, which is being re-branded testosterone deficiency syndrome, so as to distance it from the female version, affects one in five men over 50, the Daily Mail reports.<br /><br />But younger men can also suffer such symtoms, caused by plunging levels of the sex hormone.<br /><br />Earlier this year, Robbie Williams, 37, shocked his legions of female fans by admitting he was injecting himself with testosterone to boost his sex drive.<br /><br />Jabs can last up to six months and daily gels are also available.<br />The male menopause has long been dismissed as an excuse for men behaving badly in middle age, usually purchasing a ridiculous motorbike or fast car.<br /><br />Some doctors dismiss the symptoms as an inevitable consequence of ageing. <br /><br />Others say that symptoms such as hot flushes, sweating, depression and loss of sex drive are just side-effects of being overweight, lazy and smoking and drinking too much.<br />But one of the biggest stumbling blocks has been fears that topping up a man’s testosterone raises his risk of prostate cancer.<br /><br />The study, which tracked the health for 15 years of almost 1,500 men treated at Carruthers’ Men’s Health Centre in London’s Harley Street, found this concern to be unfounded.<br /><br />The men treated were no more likely to develop the cancer than other men and raising testosterone levels was found to help the prostate in other ways.</p>