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Study shows measurable drop in testosterone in women approaching menopause

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 24th, 2003

Data from a large sample of premenopausal women confirm that testosterone levels decrease with age as healthy women near menopause.

The data were presented at ENDO 2003, the 85th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society.

"With sensitive testing methods designed to measure low levels of testosterone in women, we have been able to observe a decline in testosterone levels among a large sample of women approaching menopause," said Susan Davis, MD, PhD, director of the NH&MRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Women's Health at The Jean Hailes Foundation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. "Research like this will lay the crucial groundwork needed to...

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