Why are more women than ever taking testosterone?

New research shows there’s been a 10-fold increase in the number of women taking the male sex hormone testosterone over the last seven years. But why? The Medical Minefield team is joined by one fan of the prescription drug: The Mail on Sunday’s Travel Editor Sarah Hartley, who says testosterone has stopped her feeling like she was ‘fading away’. But reporter Jo Macfarlane, who has been investigating the topic this week, explains doctors’ concerns about the increasing popularity of the prescription drug: not least that there’s little proof of the supposed plethora of benefits. So are the private clinics that offer testosterone at risk of misleading patients? Barney challenges Dr Charlotte Norton of private HRT service, BioID Health.

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