"If one of the defining stories of the 2024 election was that young men swung to Trump in part because they felt masculinity had been demonized, what does it mean that so many men now believe they need to take testosterone to feel more like men?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/magazine/testosterone-masculinity-trump-rfk.html

#healthcare #testosterone #gender #masculinity #PrescriptionDrugs #FDA #USpol #longread

Why So Many Guys Are Obsessed With Testosterone

From the Trump administration to online influencers, the hormone is increasingly seen as the key to achieving a new male ideal.

The New York Times

The 'High T' Cult: A Generation's Quest for Manhood Amidst Declining Levels and Digital Hype

Are young men taking too much testosterone? Learn why doctors warn against using therapy without a medical need as of December 2026.

#menshealth, #testosterone, #healthnews, #wellness, #medicaladvice

https://newsletter.tf/testosterone-therapy-risks-december-2026/

Many men under 40 are now testing their hormone levels due to social media trends. This is a big change compared to five years ago when only older men checked these levels.

#menshealth, #testosterone, #healthnews, #wellness, #medicaladvice
https://newsletter.tf/testosterone-therapy-risks-december-2026/

Why young men are using testosterone therapy in December 2026

Are young men taking too much testosterone? Learn why doctors warn against using therapy without a medical need as of December 2026.

NewsletterTF

A cis-man injecting testosterone is "gender affirming care" and should be called that.
Real Men don't for health scams from grifters, they have more self respect

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/10/invented-spurious-pseudo-disease-why-are-so-many-men-being-told-they-have-low-testosterone

#Manosphere #Masculinity #GenderAffirmingCare #Testosterone

‘They’ve invented a spurious pseudo-disease’: why are so many men being told they have low testosterone?

Social media influencers and booming men’s health companies are pushing the hormone as an answer to all ills. But is ‘low T’ really problematic – or something created to sell men a cure to a problem they don’t have?

The Guardian

Beware of #quackery. "“They’ve invented a spurious pseudo-disease called ‘low testosterone’ from which vast numbers of men are said to suffer,” says Dr Richard Quinton..."#testosterone

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/10/invented-spurious-pseudo-disease-why-are-so-many-men-being-told-they-have-low-testosterone

‘They’ve invented a spurious pseudo-disease’: why are so many men being told they have low testosterone?

Social media influencers and booming men’s health companies are pushing the hormone as an answer to all ills. But is ‘low T’ really problematic – or something created to sell men a cure to a problem they don’t have?

The Guardian

A new mouse study and a retrospective analysis of human data indicate that testosterone suppresses brain tumors, which is the opposite of its effect on other somatic tumors. The effect depends on the location of the tumor, not the type of tumor.

Summary: https://scienceblog.com/testosterone-slows-brain-tumor-growth-overturning-a-decades-old-cancer-assumption/

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10451-5

#Science #Health #Cancer #Glioblastoma #Testosterone

Testosterone Slows Brain Tumor Growth, Overturning a Decades-Old Cancer Assumption

Everything oncologists thought they knew about testosterone and cancer pointed one direction. The hormone suppresses the immune system, shields tumors

ScienceBlog.com
Gonzalo Najar, vainqueur du Tour de San Juan, positif Ă  l'EPO-CERA

Le site ciclismointernacional.com a révélé hier que Gonzalo Najar a fait l'objet d'un contrÎle positif à l'EPO-CERA à l'occasion de sa victoire d'étape lors du dernier Tour de San Juan. Le champion d'Argentine avait largement dominé l'étape reine de l'épreuve et s'était adjugé le classement général devant Oscar Sevilla et Filippo Ganna.

Il y a 18 ans : L'Espagnol Patxi Vila contrÎlé positif à la testostérone https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2008-05-06-tsr-ch.htm #cyclisme #dopage #PatxiVila #Lampre #testostérone #Giro2008
L'Espagnol Patxi Vila contrÎlé positif à la testostérone

Le coureur cycliste espagnol Patxi Vila (Lampre) a été contrÎlé positif à la testostérone en mars et son nom a disparu de la liste des coureurs pré-inscrits pour le Tour d'Italie, a indiqué mardi le quotidien sportif espagnol AS.

One Week of Bad Sleep Ages You 10 Years - Steven Bartlett and Dr. Rena Malik

#testosterone #sleep #health

Original timestamp: 00:43:38

In today’s newsletter (which is NOT hosted on Substack!), I wrote about recording my voice to capture how has changed (and is still changing!) on testosterone as an act of archiving: https://www.genderbent.co.uk/almost-four-years-of-voice-notes/

#Trans #GenderAffirmingCare #Testosterone

Almost four years of voice notes

PLUS: cruising the internet, march 2026

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