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standard wherever you get your podcasts. If you're a guy of a certain age and you spend much time on Reddit or TikTok or even watching TV, you've probably heard other guys of a certain age extolling the benefits of testosterone therapy.

Podcaster Joe Rogan swears that monitoring his levels of tea and getting supplemental

injections as needed are a huge factor in his ability to be, by all accounts, pretty

ripped at the ripe old age of 57.

Given the hype about renewed energy and sudden six-packs and phenomenal sex. Lots of people might be curious,

but it is probably not a decision anybody should make lightly. From KERA in Dallas, this is Think.

I'm Chris Boyd. Stephanie Pappas is a freelance science journalist who looked into this for

Scientific American. She discovered that there can be good reasons for taking testosterone

if your levels are significantly lower than normal. But some of those benefits tend to be overstated

by the marketing and some of the risks don't get as much attention as they probably should.

Stephanie's article about this is titled, What Most Men Don't Know about the Risks of Testosterone Therapy.

Stephanie, welcome to think.

Hi, thank you so much.

We'll start with the very basics.

All human bodies, regardless of sex, are supposed to produce at least some testosterone,

but of course, adult men have the most.

What are some of the effects testosterone has on the body?

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