Harvard Medical School. - Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass & Overall Health!

"Testosterone for Life provides the science and common sense behind the safe and effective use of testosterone therapy in men with low levels of testosterone. Dr. Morgentaler is an internationally recognized expert in sexual medicine and andrology (male hormones). In this book he shares his secrets for a healthy life in a way the lay reader can both understand and appreciate. This is a 'must-read' book for men of all ages and the women who care about them."

Irwin Goldstein, M.D.
Director of Sexual Medicine, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sexual Medicine

"Testosterone for Life is yet another great contribution to men's health literature by Dr. Morgentaler. An intriguing combination of maverick and Harvard physician/scientist, he flips conventional medical thought on its head by debunking many of the long-standing myths about testosterone, including the controversial link between testosterone therapy and prostate cancer. Dr. Morgentaler has written an authoritative book that is easy to read and that will serve as an invaluable resource to both men and their physicians."

Philip Kantoff, M.D.
Director of Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology,
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

" A highly valuable resource that finally debunks many of the myths about testosterone's safety, which has been an impediment to its appropriate usage for far too long."

David E. Greenberg, M.D.
President, Canadian Society for the Study of the Aging Male

"With Testosterone for Life, Dr. Morgentaler provides women the tools and clear information they need to determine if their male partners' low libido is a result of normal aging, relationship woes, or a real and treatable medical condition. Dr. Morgentaler has been a powerful and outspoken advocate for improved sexual intimacy and healthy living, and, in this book, he shows how treatment of low testosterone can restore vitality in men and potentially rejuvenate floundering relationships."

Laura Berman, LCSW, Ph.D.
Author of Real Sex for Real Women

Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass & Overall Health!

ABRAHAM MORGENTALER, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School

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This book is dedicated to my teachers: to Bahadur Bhatla,
my high school science teacher who nourished the science spark
in me; to Dr. David Crews, for introducing me to the world of
testosterone and investigative thought; to Reuben Gittes, M.D.,
for inspiring me to question everything; and to William DeWolf, M.D.,
my mentor and intellectual sounding board,
for his unfailing support and encouragement.

This book represents my best effort to provide a much-needed book on testosterone for the millions of men with low T who are without a solid source of reliable information. It has also been an opportunity for me to present the evolution of my own thoughts and perspectives on this topic, which have developed over much of my adult life. I am grateful to many individuals both for their contributions to the publication of this book and for their contributions to me.

First and foremost, I wish to thank Anthony Komaroff, M.D., at Harvard Health Publications, for his willingness to even consider a book of this nature and then for making it happen. Johanna Bowman at McGraw-Hill has been an outstanding editor, and I am grateful for her clarity of thought, for her helping me figure out what is important (and unimportant) to say, and for her willingness to abide my sense of humor. A very big thank-you to Julie Silver, M.D., at Harvard Health Publications for helping me find and trust my own voice in this bookthat was huge! Thanks as well to Raquel Schott for organizing the illustrations, to Scott Leighton for his outstanding artwork, and to Julia Anderson Bauer and Judith McCarthy at McGraw-Hill for pulling everything together.