Contrary to several earlier studies, a study of 24,000 Medicare patients in the [b]US[/b] found that testosterone therapy didn’t increase the risk of heart attack, and that it even lowered the risk of heart attack by about 30% in the group of men judged most likely to have one based on other factors. [s]The Wall Street Journal[/s] reports that while the findings are a boost for proponents of testosterone therapy, they aren't likely to settle the long-standing debate over testosterone safety any time soon. In the study, researchers at the [b]University of Texas Medical Branch[/b] used a national [b]Medicare[/b] sample and compared the records of 6,355 men who had at least one testosterone injection between 1997 and 2005, with 19,065 non-testosterone users.
[link url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/testosterone-use-doesnt-increase-heart-risk-study-finds-1404423497]Full report in The Wall Street Journal[/link]
[link url=http://aop.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/20/1060028014539918.abstract]Annals of Pharmacotherapy abstract[/link]