NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ on Iowa gymnast Shawn Johnson May 4, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: NPR, National Public Radio, Shawn Johnson, 2008 Summer Olympics, gymnastics
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Four-minute audio segment from NPR
You’ve probably never heard of Shawn Johnson, especially if you live outside of Iowa. But the 16-year-old gymnast from West Des Moines is the reigning World All-Around champion and is considered one of the favorites to win gold at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. …
Chicago Tribune article about Iowa City man who suffered from low testosterone levels May 4, 2008
Posted by John in Medicine.Tags: Iowa City (Iowa), Russell Haught, Clinical depression, hypotestosteronemia, testosterone, Testosterone Replacement Therapy
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From today’s Chicago Tribune:
Russell Haught [of Iowa City] was tired. In fact, for the last six years his energy had been deteriorating—so much so that he was barely functional after 3 in the afternoon. It wasn’t long before the 52-year-old was forced to take an early retirement from his job at United Parcel Service. …
The internist thought the best course of action was to run a series of laboratory tests, which revealed that Haught was suffering from hypotestosteronemia, or low testosterone, a condition that affects one of every four men over age 30.
And, like Haught, many men suffering from low testosterone levels are inappropriately diagnosed as suffering from clinical depression. …
Encyclopædia Britannica article on testosterone here.
More about Testosterone Replacement Therapy from Merck.
