Testosterone and Active Ageing

The good news is that life expectancy is increasing in the UK for both men and women – The bad news is that good health expectancy is not. The result is that with an ageing population, the years of low quality life due to mental and physical disability are increasing. This is happening at a time when we are being urged to take less sick leave, retire late, and manage on lower pensions. Other than exhortations to live healthier lives, what else has modern medicine to offer?

As part of the search for an answer to this very pressing problem The Society for the Study of Androgen Deficiency (Andropause Society) is holding its 4th Annual International Conference at the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace SW1 on 24th and 25th of February with the theme of ‘Androgens in Active Ageing’. Topics to be covered by leading experts from America, Canada, Australia, Israel, Russia, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Greece, and The Netherlands, as well as Oxford, London, Sheffield, and Bradford Universities in the UK, include:

· Testosterone and patterns of illness in an ageing population
· Libido, health and hormones in women: Restoring the balance
· Sex hormones, dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
· Excessive cycling and its effects on virility
· Baldness and hormones – causes and solutions
· New developments in testosterone treatment
· Testosterone in the prevention and treatment of heart disease
· Sensitivity and resistance to testosterone in ageing
· Obesity, diabetes, and testosterone
· Prostatic health and testosterone treatment
· Using testosterone to maintain health in the elderly

For more details of this program and the speakers click here and for the full program visit the Society’s web site www.andropause.org.uk or contact the Conference Organiser Jean Coleman on 01189 815 234, fax 01189 815 215 or email Androjean@aol.com