Doctors Try to Influence a Medical Journal Poll on Testosterone Treatments

December 3, 2014

(The Wall Street Journal) – Every few weeks, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes a hypothetical case about the use of a medicine or procedure and asks its readers – who are largely physicians – what they would recommend for the patient, sometimes in the form of a poll. The latest instance involves a 61-year-old man who complains of lower energy levels, concentration and sexual stamina. The bottom line question is whether he should be treated with testosterone therapy.