Science can never be a closed book. It is like a tree, ever growing, ever reaching new heights. Occasionally the lower branches, no longer giving nourishment to the tree, slough off. We should not be ashamed to change our methods; rather we should be ashamed never to do so.”
Charles V. Chaplin, M.D. (1935)

The Center For Men’s Health

TWO GREAT MEDICAL MYTHS CONCERNING

TESTOSTERONE AND YOUR PROSTATE.

It is unfortunate that some physician’s keep alive the myth of a testosterone link to prostate cancer even when the prevailing science contradicts their “theoretical” position.

MYTH 1: Testosterone Causes Prostate Cancer:

Click here to read how Dr. Abraham Morgentaler of the Harvard Medical School and a Board Certified Urologist discovered the multiple flaws in the 1940’s study that mistakenly tied HIGH testosterone to prostate cancer. It is this outdated and now debunked study that “old school” physicians still hold on to…….remember that in the 1940’s physicians also thought smoking was harmless.

Click here for Dr. Morgentaler’s Credentials.

MYTH 2: Testosterone Feeds Prostate Cancer Growth:

The published science that slams the door on the theoretical myth that testosterone fuels prostates cancer.

Click here for: Is Testosterone Treatment Good for the Prostate? Study of Safety During Long-Term Treatment Mark R. Feneley MD, FRCS (Urol) and Malcolm Carruthers MD / ONLINE: June 6, 2012 – The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 9, Issue 8, pages 2138-2149, August 2012

Click here for: “Study suggests another look at testosterone-prostate cancer link”.  
Source: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital