Testosterone and Alzheimer’s–is there a link?

RESEARCHERS in Perth have made a groundbreaking discovery intothe prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, after showing that boostingtestosterone levels in the body can lower levels of a toxic brainprotein linked to the development of the crippling condition.  Preliminary results from a clinical trial of West Australianmen, presented at the prestigious Royal Society of Medicine inLondon, show that not only does the use of a testosterone creamlower the protein beta amyloid but importantly it appears toimprove memory.  Professor Ralph Martins, of the Sir James McCusker Foundationfor Alzheimer’s Research at Hollywood Private Hospital, said fromLondon that he was excited by early results from an ongoing trialof healthy men aged 50 to 72 who had a testosterone deficiency andonly mild signs of memory loss.  They have been treated at Perth’s Well Men Centre using aWA-made testosterone cream, and the trial follows an earlier studyof guinea pigs which showed the treatment reduced their levels ofbeta amyloid.

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