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Today's Health/Science: testosterone and prostate cancer, weight loss motivators

Email|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney January 5, 2009 07:02 AM

For decades, the idea of giving testosterone to a man who had had prostate cancer was forbidden - "verboten" in the words of urologist Dr. Abraham Morgentaler of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. But that thinking is changing, due in part to Morgentaler, and his new book, "Testosterone for Life."

Some things can't be done for love nor money. But when it comes to losing weight, love and money seem to be very good motivators.

Also, if I stand on one leg for six seconds, will it increase its bone density and what's blue about Blu-ray DVDs?

Plus, high-fat diets may shift internal clock and researchers study cancer-insulin link (second item).

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Elizabeth Cooney is a former health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.