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☆ Young men are getting testosterone boosts to feel stronger, sharper, and anxiety-free
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Andréa Becker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

He had low testosterone levels, in the range of 219 to 239 nanograms per deciliter. Take Alexis Ohanian, the 41-year-old Reddit cofounder and Serena Williams' husband, who recently posted on X about his (relatively high) testosterone levels. RoWhen LaSara's cofounder John Snedegar opened up his brick-and-mortar men's health clinic in 2017, "nobody" was specializing in men's sexual health, he said. But he typically recommends lifestyle changes, like more exercise, eating better, and getting good sleep, which all naturally help to boost testosterone levels. Researchers such as Berumen worry the branding of men's health clinics prop up impossible standards of manhood.

Persons: Kade, unmotivated, LaSara, Alexis Ohanian, Bryan Bedder, Serena Williams, Joe Rogan, Dax Shepard, it's, Peter Conrad said, endocrinologists, Charles, Édouard Brown, —, Dr, Justin Houman, John Snedegar, Evan Miller, what's, Justin Dubin, Derek, Dana, he's, Houman, Dubin, Snedegar, Gwen Berumen, Berumen Organizations: LaSara, TRT, Ro, CDC, T Center, Men's Health, ESPN, Telltale, Clinic, University of Texas, American Psychological Association, Miami Locations: Idaho, Florida, Cedars, Sinai, Los Angeles, New York City, LaSara, Texas, Miami , Florida, Southern California, California, Miami, bricklayers, Austin

☆ I attended Bryan Johnson's Don't Die Summit in Singapore. It started with a rave.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Bryan Johnson brought his "Don't Die" summit to Singapore in mid-September. This year, Bryan Johnson, the millionaire entrepreneur obsessed with reversing his biological age, brought his "Don't Die" summit to Singapore, less than two weeks after a similar event in San Francisco. The "Don't Die" summit organizers provided Business Insider with access to attend the event. Coinbase's former chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan even talked about how he planned to "build an actual 'Don't Die' community" at his three-month crypto-focused "school" for adults in nearby Malaysia. As he invited several audience members onstage for a discussion about his "Don't Die" philosophy, I surveyed the room.

Persons: Bryan Johnson, Johnson, —, Taki Taki, blared, Amanda Goh, Coinbase's, Balaji Srinivasan, Horacio Villalobos, Dustin Giallanza, Andrea Maier, hasn't, Chrystal Fong, Dr, Fong, Marion Neubronner, Jacky Wang, Wang, Dan Buettner Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, National University of Singapore, FDA, AsiaHealth Partners Locations: Singapore, San Francisco, Miami , New York, Los Angeles, Valley, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Taiwan

☆ Microplastics found in penis muscle for the first time. It could be linked to erectile dysfunction.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Penis being such a vascular organ, similar to the heart, we said, 'Hey, could this also be present in the penis?'" What he's found, while still preliminary, is that microplastics are present in some penises experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED). Ramasamy wanted to know whether microplastics might physically impact penis muscle function. The most abundant plastic in the penises was polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, a common plastic used in food packaging including plastic bottles and takeout containers. He's not getting a lot of the takeout that often comes in plastic-lined containers, and he's not drinking from plastic-lined coffee cups or plastic water bottles very often.

Persons: —, Ranjith Ramasamy's, he's, Peter Dazeley, microplastics, It's, Ramasamy, He's, it's, Carol Yepes, Richard Pilsner Organizations: Service, Business, International, University of New, Wayne State University Locations: Miami, University of New Mexico

☆ Use It or Lose It? Mouse Study Reveals Key to Healthy Erections
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterHealthDayFRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Is 'practice makes perfect' true for the male erection, too? The key seemed to lie in connective tissue cells called fibroblasts. So, "an increased frequency of erections leads to more fibroblasts that enable erection," he said. The opposite also appeared to be true: "A decreased frequency results in fewer of these cells," Göritz said. "This is not something we have shown in our study, so it is a bit speculative, but a reasonable interpretation is that it gets easier if you have regular erections,” Göritz said.

Persons: Ernie Mundell, erections, ”, Eduardo Guimaraes, Christian Göritz, Göritz, Guimaraes, It’s, ” Göritz Organizations: Karolinska Institute, Karolinska, National Institute of Diabetes Locations: Stockholm, Swedish

☆ The biotech CEO trying to reverse aging has removed all but 3 things from his bedroom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bryan Johnson is trying to reverse aging through an experimental project that costs up to $2 million a year. A Time Magazine profile found that the biotech CEO's bedroom is almost completely empty. The only objects in his bedroom are his bed, a laser face shield, and a device to attach to his genitals to measure nighttime erections. No work, no reading," Johnson told Time Magazine's Charlotte Alter. Scientists told Insider's Marianne Guenot and Lloyd Lee in February that many aspects of his routine have unclear health benefits.

Persons: Bryan Johnson, Bryan Johnson —, Johnson, Charlotte Alter, Napoleon, Ben Franklin —, old's, Insider's Marianne Guenot, Lloyd Lee, —, Johnson isn't, Sam Altman —, Peter Thiel Organizations: Service, YouTube Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ How doctors create a penis from a vagina and why one trans man changed his mind about which surgery to get
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Creating a penis from a vagina is more complicated than turning a penis into a vagina. Then, they must define their priorities for their penis, Horwitz said. Then, during a meta, doctors cut ligaments around the newly enlarged clitoris, allowing it to extend away from the body. Phalloplasty creates a penis from a skin graftScar left over from a skin graft taken for a phalloplasty surgery. Once they've formed the neo-phallus (new penis), doctors surgically connect it to the genitals' nerve and vascular system.

☆ A 45-year-old biotech CEO may have reduced his biological age by at least 5 years through a rigorous medical program that can cost up to $2 million a year, Bloomberg reported
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bryan Johnson, a biotech founder, aims to have the body of an 18-year-old, Bloomberg reported. He and a team of experts started a program called Project Blueprint to unlock the key to aging. Test results show that Johnson has the heart of a 37-year-old, according to the report. While it's still in its experimental stage and is constantly being tweaked, the health program consists of an intense daily regimen of carefully curated supplements, meals, exercise, and a slew of bodily tests. He exercises daily, with three high-intensity workouts a week, and goes through blood tests, MRIs, and colonoscopies each month, Bloomberg reported.

☆ I perform vasectomies in Texas. I've had a huge increase in patients post-Roe — and a lot of them are young and childless.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Cari Shane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, there's been an uptick in the number of vasectomy requests at my clinic. In the two days immediately following the overturning of Roe, we received 150 vasectomy appointment requests. We were averaging five or six electronic appointment requests for vasectomy consultations per day before the overturning of Roe. I tell my patients that the vasectomy is meant to be permanent sterilizationWhile I love doing reversals, they're not 100%. I think vasectomies are fertility medicineThis is a procedure that I like to do and I think I'm good at.

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