White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance.
\n\nA new study suggests that roughly one in four men serving in the U.S. Army could have testosterone levels below a common medical cutoff. The researchers put the number at about 100,691 soldiers. The findings arrive just as the Pentagon rolls out a testing policy aimed at this very issue.
\n\nThe study, published in JAMA, looked at morning testosterone readings taken from 479 active-duty male soldiers. Of those, 124 had a level below 300 ng/dL. The American Urological Association recommends that number as a cutoff to help diagnose testosterone deficiency.
\n\nAge and body weight appeared to matter. Soldiers who were older or had a higher body mass index tended to have lower testosterone. About 33 percent of men aged 30 and over fell under the threshold, compared with 20 percent of younger men.
\n\nDoctors also say a proper diagnosis takes more than one number. It requires symptoms or signs, plus low levels confirmed by repeat testing in the morning. The experts added that people without symptoms are not usually screened for low testosterone at all. However, the study published in JAMA does raise…
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