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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A WORLD-FIRST study to test whether testosterone injections could help prevent type 2 diabetes in men will get underway in Australia this year.
Up to 1500 men across four Australian states will enrol in the Weight Watchers program and be given regular injections of either testosterone or a placebo.
The lead investigator, Professor Gary Wittert from the University of Adelaide says men aged 50 to 74 who are at risk of developing diabetes are currently being sought for the two-year study.
He said it was the first time such a study had been conducted anywhere in the world.
"Nobody has ever done a proper two-year trial to answer the question of whether giving testosterone prevents the onset of diabetes," Prof Wittert told AAP on Thursday.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...link-to-diabetes/story-e6frfku9-1226560898303
Up to 1500 men across four Australian states will enrol in the Weight Watchers program and be given regular injections of either testosterone or a placebo.
The lead investigator, Professor Gary Wittert from the University of Adelaide says men aged 50 to 74 who are at risk of developing diabetes are currently being sought for the two-year study.
He said it was the first time such a study had been conducted anywhere in the world.
"Nobody has ever done a proper two-year trial to answer the question of whether giving testosterone prevents the onset of diabetes," Prof Wittert told AAP on Thursday.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...link-to-diabetes/story-e6frfku9-1226560898303