Total testosterone measures the full amount of the hormone in your blood, while free testosterone represents the small, ...

Proposed Olympic policies for testing the testosterone levels of select female athletes could discriminate against women who may not meet traditional notions of femininity and distort the scientific ...

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This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. If you’ve been feeling a bit more couch potato than go-getter lately, dragging through the day, snapping at people for no reason, or wondering where ...

Testosterone tests measure levels of testosterone in the blood. At-home test kits can be convenient, but they cannot diagnose underlying health conditions that cause high or low testosterone. Share on ...

The use of testosterone assays for patient care and research is on the rise as new research links testosterone to a variety of diseases and conditions. Although the assays are heavily used, ...

You’ll notice the language used to share stats and other data points is binary, fluctuating between the use of “male” and “female” or “men” and “women.” While we typically avoid language like this, ...

You can check your testosterone level with a simple blood test, either at your doctor’s office or with a home test kit. Share on Pinterest Tom Werner/Getty Images Testosterone (sometimes shortened to ...

THERE IT WAS: a bulbous droplet of blood suspended from the tip of my left-hand middle finger, which was dangled over the lip of a microtainer. It was this droplet of blood, plus another 11 after it, ...