Men need 'female' hormone for sex drive, fat control: study

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/men-need-female-hormone-sex-drive-fat-control-study-8C11132419

Brian Alexander NBC News contributor
Sep. 11, 2013

Estrogen, the “female” hormone, is a lot more important to men than even many doctors think, according to a surprising new study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that it’s actually a lack of estrogen that’s most responsible for the accumulation of body fat plaguing men with low testosterone levels, raising their risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Low estrogen is also a big contributor to the sexual dysfunction and low libido usually blamed solely on low testosterone.

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