Low testosterone signs men can’t ignore — and what experts say about hormone therapy

A recent episode of the hit Hulu comedy «Only Murders in the Building» highlights a hormone therapy that many men request as they get older.
Steve Martin’s character, Charles-Haden Savage — a washed-up actor who gets a second career solving murders in his apartment building — brags of his newfound strength after starting testosterone therapy.
«Yesterday, I opened a pickle jar like it was no thang,» he said.
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While talking to Oliver Putnam, another crime aficionado who also happens to live in his exclusive New York apartment building, he admits, «If I’m being honest, I am also really fighting the urge to pick you up right now.»
«It’s supposed to build bone strength and give you energy,» Martin’s character added of the testosterone therapy.
So, can testosterone really help you open hermetically sealed jars or make you feel like a professional wrestler at age 80?
Here’s what the experts say.
«Testosterone is mostly produ..

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Paralyzed man walks again after experimental drug trial triggers remarkable recovery

An experimental drug could help to improve movement for patients with spinal cord injuries.
NVG-291, an injectable peptide, has been tested in a phase 2 trial with eligible patients — some of whom noted remarkable outcomes.
Larry Williams, a trial participant based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shared with Fox News Digital that he’s been able to walk again after an accident that caused paralysis.
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Williams, 58, was mountain biking on a small trail when he struck a tree. Although he was wearing a helmet, he «instantly broke» his C4 to C6 vertebrate (specific bones in the cervical spine).
He underwent spinal surgery, but was paralyzed for two weeks until his body began to «wake up» and regained some movement after starting therapy.
Williams was able to walk «a little bit» with the assistance of a walker, but still had complications with mobility in areas like his hands. He also lost 40 pounds after the ac..

Unlocking the Secrets to Living to 100 

Want to enjoy a long, healthy, and happy life? Just live like a centenarian.

That’s the advice of Stacy Andersen, a behavioral neuroscientist at Boston University and co-director of the New England Centenarian Study, the largest study of centenarians and their families in the world.

The study, which has enrolled more than 3,000 centenarians over its 30-year history, has been exploring the genetic factors, lifestyle choices, and environmental influences that appear to play a role in the longevity of people who live to 100 and beyond. The hope is that by studying centenarians, researchers can find treatments, as well as identify habits and environmental factors, that could help everyone live healthier for longer.

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“Our goal is not to get everyone to live to age 100. What we’re trying to understand is: How do you live to whatever age—your 70s, 80s, or 90s—in very good health?” Andersen says.

It turns out that centenarians, on average, don’t smoke, ea..

Pot and gaming combo could pose hidden health risks, researchers warn

Smoking marijuana and playing some video games may seem like a chill night for some — but both hobbies have been linked with psychosis in a variety of studies.
Fox News' Alexis McAdams reported on this link during an «America Reports» segment on Thursday, citing NIH data that found young men who use marijuana are at the highest risk of developing psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia.
McAdams applied this information to the recent violence across America, including the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. The gunman, Robin Westman, reportedly worked at a pot shop and told his friends «he smoked it all the time.»
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Officials have also confirmed that Johsua Jahn, the Dallas ICE shooter, was a heavy pot smoker, as his friends have shared that he was «obsessed with sitting at home, smoking weed, playing video games.»
McAdams said, «[Jahn] reportedly logged more than 10,000 hours of gaming, and there were a..

9 Doctor-Approved Ways to Use ChatGPT for Health Advice

In August, Lance Johnson woke up in the middle of the night with excruciating stomach pain in his lower right side. He initially blamed it on the pizza and ice cream he had enjoyed the night before. But five sleepless hours later, the 17-year-old from Phoenix was still suffering, so he decided to consult the nearest expert: ChatGPT.

“I described what I’d eaten the night before and where the pain was, and I was like, ‘Do you think it’s just my stomach?’ And then it said that it sounded like it was appendicitis based on how long it was lasting and where it was,” Johnson says. “I kept asking it more questions, like could it be anything else? And it said, ‘Based on what you described, you should get it checked out.’”

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Johnson followed the bot’s advice—and, sure enough, the doctors at the emergency room soon said that he did, in fact, have appendicitis and needed immediate surgery. When he told them he had suspected as much because of ChatGPT’s insights, “..

Weight-loss surgery pros and cons in the spotlight after singer’s ‘scary’ experience

Amid the surge in GLP-1 weight-loss medications, some have questioned whether invasive procedures like lap band, gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries could wane in popularity.
Carnie Wilson, of the band Wilson Phillips, recently shared her «very scary» experience on social media after having her laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (lap band) removed.
The singer previously had gastric bypass surgery before having a lap band placed in 2012. With this procedure, a silicone device is surgically placed around a portion of the stomach to restrict food intake.
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Wilson, 57, wrote in an Instagram post how she was readmitted to the hospital after the removal surgery due to high blood pressure and swelling.
«It was intense. They found an ulcer in there,» Wilson said. «It doesn't surprise me with all the stress I've had this year. They actually found an obstruction with food inside the lap band … That makes me want t..

Risk of deadly cancer triples with hidden mouth bacteria, study finds

People with certain bacteria and fungi in their mouths may face a dramatically higher risk of pancreatic cancer — more than three times greater — according to new research from NYU Langone Health and and Perlmutter Cancer Center.
In the study, which was published in JAMA Oncology, researchers identified 27 types of bacterial and fungal species in the mouth’s microbiome that may contribute to the disease.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers — in 2025, an estimated 67,440 Americans will be diagnosed and about 51,980 people will die from it, according to the American Cancer Society.
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«Right now, we don’t have good screening tests, and treatment options are limited — so, finding new modifiable risk factors is very important, because it can help us prevent this disease,» co-senior study author Jiyoung Ahn, Ph.D., professor of population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and associate ..

Skin DNA breakthrough could let 60-year-old women have genetically related kids

Women in their 60s and 70s could theoretically one day give birth to genetically related children, according to scientists pioneering a breakthrough technique that converts DNA from skin cells into human eggs capable of producing embryos.
Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University created early-stage human embryos from DNA taken from skin cells and fertilized them with sperm.
Although in its infancy, the experimental technique, described in a new study, could open possibilities for older women who have run out of eggs and also same-sex couples who want children genetically related to both partners.
While some experts caution the work is still in early stages, they predict that, if successful, the technology could be ready for clinical use within 10 to 15 years.
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Dr. Paulo Amato, a reproductive endocrinologist and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health and Science University in Portl..

Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID

Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to vaccines and past exposure to the virus—all of which have built up our immunity.

But research suggests that multiple COVID-19 infections pose a risk for developing Long COVID. In the largest Long COVID study of young people to date, scientists led by a team at the University of Pennsylvania report that young people who got infected twice with COVID-19 were twice as likely as those who got COVID-19 once to develop Long COVID symptoms that affect major organs like the heart, kidney, and lungs, as well as taste and smell.

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The ongoing research project, called RECOVER, is funded by the National Institutes of Health and explores the impact of COVID-19 infections on long-term health. Yong Chen, professor of biostatistics and director of the Center for Health AI and Synthesis of Evidence (CHASE) at the University of Pennsylvania, and his colleagues focused on people 21 and younger to..