{"id":12168,"date":"2022-09-15T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T19:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/?p=12168"},"modified":"2022-09-15T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T19:05:40","slug":"metformin-testosterone-decrease-insulin-resistance-in-men-with-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/metformin-testosterone-decrease-insulin-resistance-in-men-with-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Metformin, testosterone decrease insulin resistance in men with obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-605846 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-760544 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-731985 kc_text_block\">\n<p>A study in the journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__http%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FpvjTCehuiFDtyZmrCigacSCicNPxqO__%3B!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gUbow98tGlG-QETYspVtkBBYDYkySunD0EFIuZpwrhATi5a-UGSsUzw-Z8eeKiF63imMERo-RfeqhXHBo1Mq%24&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C94a533402c8c4494626f08da929ed886%7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf%7C0%7C0%7C637983508212881641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5TB2AN3hvlJ%2B5jLEPuUuNgXAbHoLXOm5elxPpMb8TRY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Metabolism [r.smartbrief.com]<\/a>\u00a0found that adult men with obesity and low testosterone concentrations who took either metformin or testosterone, or both, for a year experienced reductions in insulin resistance, compared with those who took a placebo. Taking either metformin or testosterone, or both, resulted in no significant changes in body composition, erectile function, metabolic variables and health-related quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Full Story:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__http%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FpvjTCehuiFDtyZmqCigacSCicNJjkZ%3Fformat%3Dmultipart__%3B!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gUbow98tGlG-QETYspVtkBBYDYkySunD0EFIuZpwrhATi5a-UGSsUzw-Z8eeKiF63imMERo-RfeqhWZzGRZY%24&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C94a533402c8c4494626f08da929ed886%7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf%7C0%7C0%7C637983508212881641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LPz%2BknMu2ZZ3HGHt2gDMKL3tkZEAbmYx3I3KqOsZ0gE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Medical Dialogues [r.smartbrief.com]<\/a>\u00a0(9\/9)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-diabetes-related-news","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12169,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12168\/revisions\/12169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}