Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency

Fantine · Friday at 10:44 AM

Testosterone supplements are steroids. They have been linked to infertility (the body produces less when steroids are induced), heart disease, and cancer.

RDKirk · Saturday at 9:40 AM

Aryeh Jay said:
If only there was a pool of healthy and somewhat educated people who have the ability to quality for the military and score above an 18 on the ASVAB who are also willing to join.

They're in the Air Force.

DaisyDay · Saturday at 9:49 AM

I thought this article made some good points:

Pentagon’s testosterone program builds on 'operator syndrome' worries in special operations

Experts who have treated "operator syndrome" in special ops troops say the Pentagon's new screening plan must be cautious with treatments.

taskandpurpose.com

Hegseth’s announcement echoes an emerging focus on testosterone-related health issue in the special operations world in recent years, widely discussed among veterans and medical experts as “operator syndrome.” The phenomenon, which Hegseth referenced in a memo Wednesday announcing the new program, was first noted in a 2020 research paper in the International Journal of Psychiatry Medical by Chris Frueh.

Frueh described operator syndrome as a widely reported series of similar health issues and hormonal deficiencies among special operators over 30, a pattern he noticed while working with active duty and veteran special operators across the U.S. and other countries. Some police and firefighters, Frueh said, have also reported similar health issues.

“The high op tempos, the sleep deprivation, the circadian disruption, the repetitive repeated blast exposures, all of these have a profound effect on hormones,” Frueh told Task & Purpose. “If you’re not sleeping, your hormones aren’t being properly released and regulated. But it has a bidirectional effect, so it hurts sleep, it hurts brain health, it hurts metabolic functioning if your hormones aren’t in alignment.”

“Just looking at testosterone is like only filling up one tire on your car with air and the other three being flat, you need to have all the key hormones optimized,” [neuroendocrinologist Dr. Mark] Gordon told Task & Purpose in an interview for a story in 2024. “This is why in some people when they get testosterone replacement therapy, or TRT, they don’t get better because we’ve totally missed other hormones.”

...Dr. Richard Auchus, an endocrinology section chief at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System who sits on the board of the Seal Future Foundation, said there’s long been “tension” between expanding the use of testosterone versus addressing the underlying causes of conditions that might cause low readings, like sleep apnea.

Maybe a quick fix isn't the best answer.

Laodicean60 · Saturday at 1:03 PM

DaisyDay said:
Maybe a quick fix isn't the best answer.

Nope. I agree. I think they should identify the underlying causes and save the shot for medically necessary procedures. Or maybe he's going to turn soldiers into a bunch of Dragos in Rocky IV.

Semper-Fi · Saturday at 1:50 PM

Men's testosterone levels have declined by 54% since 1972: Study

"A recent study has revealed a shocking decline in men's average testosterone levels over the past five decades. The research, presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in London, found that total testosterone levels in men have declined by a staggering 54% between 1972 and 2019. The findings suggest a major crisis in male reproductive health, with obesity and diabetes playing a part."

Men's testosterone levels have declined by 54% since 1972: Study

Men's testosterone levels have dropped by 50% in 50 years, with scientists linking the decline to rising obesity and diabetes, sparking concerns over male fertility.

www.newsbytesapp.com

iluvatar5150 · Saturday at 2:01 PM

Semper-Fi said:
Men's testosterone levels have declined by 54% since 1972: Study

"A recent study has revealed a shocking decline in men's average testosterone levels over the past five decades. The research, presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in London, found that total testosterone levels in men have declined by a staggering 54% between 1972 and 2019. The findings suggest a major crisis in male reproductive health, with obesity and diabetes playing a part."

Men's testosterone levels have declined by 54% since 1972: Study

Men's testosterone levels have dropped by 50% in 50 years, with scientists linking the decline to rising obesity and diabetes, sparking concerns over male fertility.

www.newsbytesapp.com

Violent crime rates are down since then. Sounds like a win to me.

hedrick · Saturday at 4:10 PM

This is pretty ironic. One of the big Republican complaints was how Biden forced people to get vaccines. Covid was a documented danger and the vaccine a documented prevenative. But people insisted on their right to choose.

So now we require something that endocrinologists are telling us is a bad idea. What happened to the right to choose?

7thKeeper · Saturday at 4:25 PM

RDKirk said:
They're in the Air Force.

Qualitas Potentia Nostra.

SimplyMe · Saturday at 6:39 PM

RDKirk said:
They're in the Air Force.

I have a t-shirt that says "US Air Force" at the top, with a US Flag underneath. At the bottom of the shirt, under the Flag, it says "Like the Army but for smart people."

iluvatar5150 · Saturday at 7:01 PM

SimplyMe said:
I have a t-shirt that says "US Air Force" at the top, with a US Flag underneath. At the bottom of the shirt, under the Flag, it says "Like the Army but for smart people."

I've heard them called the US Chair Force.

RDKirk · Saturday at 9:18 PM

iluvatar5150 said:
I've heard them called the US Chair Force.

"Ain't no shame in that."

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