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Testosterone protects brain in men with MS [scientists say hormones may offer defence for females]
newscientist.com ^ | 05-15-2007 | Roxanne Khamsi

Posted on 05/16/2007 12:04:20 PM PDT by bedolido

Testosterone can help protect against brain shrinkage in men with multiple sclerosis (MS), a small, preliminary trial suggests.

Patients who applied a gel containing the hormone every day for a year showed less brain shrinkage than expected for people of their age with MS. The study participants also showed an increase in muscle mass over the course of the one-year trial.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Miscellaneous; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: brain; men; ms; multiple; protects; sclerosis; testosterone
Because the condition affects at least twice as many women as men, scientists had suspected that male hormones might offer some defence against MS.

Let's do our part guys!!!

1 posted on 05/16/2007 12:04:26 PM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
Testosterone can help protect against brain shrinkage...

'Nough said.

2 posted on 05/16/2007 12:19:31 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
Testosterone can help protect against brain shrinkage...

at my age, that's not the shrinkage I am concerned about... and Smilin Bob cannot help (take nitrates... so no can use).


3 posted on 05/16/2007 12:36:12 PM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


4 posted on 05/16/2007 9:05:48 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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