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July 04, 2017 01:00 ET | Source: Diet Doc

Jackson, MS, July 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Coffee Diet has been circulating around as a way to get slim. The premise, caffeine burns fat, suppresses appetite and speeds up the metabolism if an individual drinks several cups each day. According to the diet, one needs to drink hot, black coffee right after each meal, before bathing and just before exercising. The diuretic effects of coffee are a plus for the its supporters since diuretics reduce water retention and bloat. Caffeine is in fact used in many diet aids and weight loss stimulants, but Diet Doc warns that too much coffee consumption can have negative impacts on the body as well.

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An anorexic teenage girl dropped to SIX STONE after her mother pointed out she had gained weight during puberty.

At age 14, Oceane Maher had a healthy BMI before her problems began - but then began starving herself.

At one point she survived on eating just 100 calories worth of porridge a day - besides snacking on limited vegetables, rice crackers, coffee and diet pills.

But Oceane, now 20, has beaten the eating disorder after years of anguish and even being hospitalised for six months.

A university student, Oceane was a keen runner growing up and describes herself as always being "naturally very thin".

On hitting puberty she noticed she had become a slower runner.

Despite being a healthy BMI, her mother, pointed out her weight gain, which sparked Oceanes obsession with the size of her body which eventually led to her hospitalisation.

At her lowest, Oceane, from Texas, USA, weighed just 6st 10lbs and was a UK size two.

Now she is a healthy 8st 3lbs and a UK size six to eight.

I developed anorexia when I was fourteen. As a kid, I'd always been naturally very thin but I gained weight as I was going through puberty, said Oceane.

I've never been overweight, but I was in the normal BMI range rather than the underweight range I'd naturally been in growing up.

I was a serious runner at the time, I started running road races when I was seven, and being really thin gave me an advantage and allowed me to run faster. When I reached puberty I was no longer as fast as I used to be.

Around that same time my mom started pointing out that I'd gained weight and saying I should go on a diet.

"She has her own struggles with eating and projected her insecurities on to me.

I became very obsessive with my weight and I started cutting out certain foods. It quickly escalated to an extremely restricted intake, and ironically it made me an even slower runner because I had no more energy left in me.

Over the next few years, I was somehow able to manage a more sustainable diet. Things got better for the rest of high school as I was able to make friends and focus on other activities.

The eating disorder was still present but not nearly as strong, things got really bad however once I went on to university.

My second time around was different from my first, the first time was pretty much directly related to my weight, I knew I gained weight through puberty, my mom told me to lose weight so I did and it became an obsession.

I also believed that losing weight would help me become a faster runner.

When I relapsed it was more complicated, it was a way for me to numb my emotions and gain back a sense of control.

I felt mostly numb when I was suffering, I'd lost all of my personality and all I could think of were calories and weight. I was hungry, exhausted, cold and isolated but emotionally I was completely numb.

Before embarking on her recovery, Oceane would survive on eating just 100 calories worth of porridge a day to kickstart her metabolism in the morning.

She would continue to fuel herself with cups of coffee, diet pills with limited vegetables and rice cakes. Oceane would exercise all day long and would track her steps meticulously with her Fitbit wearable device.

I decided to enter treatment four weeks into my second year at university after my doctor begged me to go. I was so exhausted I couldn't resist it anymore, so I gave in, she added.

I had no idea what I was in for, I thought it would only last maybe one month and I would just have to gain a little weight. I didn't realise the emotional component to it and how much of a coping skill my eating disorder was for me.

Once I started eating again I was flooded with painful emotions. I ended up spending six months in that treatment centre, I outlasted all of the other patients.

It takes years to recover from an eating disorder and it's only been a couple months since I discharged from treatment.

I can't really say how overcoming anorexia has changed my life, but I can recognise the impact that the progress I've made has had on my life. I wasn't in a great mindset when I first discharged from treatment.

However, getting back into the real world and structuring my time with work, school, outpatient appointments and other activities has helped me immensely. I no longer isolate myself like I used to when my eating disorder was at its worse.

I can appreciate joyful moments and share laughter with friends now that I am more in touch with my feelings. I can go back to school and focus on things that are actually important to me rather than obsess over my intake and weight.

I now have a sense of hope that I didn't have just a few months ago.

Oceane visits a dietician once a week who helps her plan her meals to ensure she gets the right mix of grains, proteins and fats. She says that she wants to spread the message that eating disorders are about more than the numbers on the scales.

An important message I wish I could pass onto those struggling with an eating disorder and just the world in general is that eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes, said Oceane.

It's so incredibly frustrating to me that the media portrays this image of eating disorders basically claiming that you must be extremely thin in order to be considered anorexic. This myth harms everyone who struggles with an eating disorder so much.

All the way up to the day I was admitted into treatment I was told you don't look anorexic despite being severely underweight. Hearing words like that made it so difficult for me to seek treatment because I was so afraid I would be the fattest one there.

In fact, I refused to even consider it until I was under 100-pounds. Had I known that once I stepped through the doors of the treatment centre I would be greeted by people of all sizes, I may not have gone as far as I went and I may have suffered less medical consequences.

I want people to know that you don't have to be a certain size in order to be considered sick enough for treatment, and that the reality is when I went to treatment I was the thinnest of the group. The majority of patients were normal or even overweight.

I may not be one-hundred-percent there yet but I'm working on it. I do go on runs every once in a while but I make sure to not overdo them so it doesn't become obsessive again.

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The group of 30 older adults seated in the community room of the Susquehanna View Apartments in Camp Hill last week appeared eagerly poised to begin their fourth in a series of weekly exercise classes with renowned local coach Jesse Swoyer.

This isnt just any old exercise. This is a comfortable, energizing, accessible, invigorating and life-enhancing inclusive class, as Swoyer, of Camp Hill, describes on his website.

Benefits can include increased balance and spatial awareness, a reduction of falls and injury, enhanced muscular coordination and increased blood circulation. It can also reduce muscle tension, improve strength and range of movement, and finally, enhance participants overall sense of wellness and proprioceptive awareness, or body sense.

My goal is to have accessible and inclusive exercise classes and bring it (to) the general community instead of people having to go to a health club to access it, Swoyer said.

Although classes are held at the Susquehanna View complex that houses residents age 62 and older, as well as younger handicapped/disabled individuals, the general public is welcome to participate in the Swoyers sessions. Were trying to get as many individuals as possible, he said.

For 45 minutes, Swoyer, 40, leads the group through a series of cardio and strength exercises using resistance bands, lightweight dumbbells and mini pilates balls, all while remaining seated and taking periodic hydration breaks. Eventually, participants will progress to standing for some of the exercises, Swoyer said.

Swoyer uses a G.H.O.S.T. acronym for his programs that can either mean Greatly Helping Others Strength Train or Grind Hard Or Start Trying. Many of the Susquehanna View participants were his clients at the Center of Independent Living of Central Pennsylvanias Living Well with a Disability fully-accessible fitness center, which he helped to develop and maintain from 2008 until its closure early this year.

After that, Swoyer developed GHOST with a vision of providing in-home, on-site and mobile fitness services to individuals with injuries and disabilities, along with the aging population in general.

Jill Parisi, 53, of Camp Hill, has participated in Swoyers exercise sessions for years and years, she said. This helps with my flexibility and I like the camaraderie here. Everyone gets along good and has a good time. Parisi uses a wheelchair after she became disabled from a car crash 28 years ago.

Bill Phelps, 70, and wife, Esther Phelps, 69, also were Swoyers clients at Center for Independent Living clients and followed him to Susquehanna View. The exercise is good for us, but we also like the socialization, Bill Phelps noted.

Susquehanna View resident Nancy Kennedy, 74, also took part in Swoyers previous classes for five years and said shes glad to continue with him. I love this. I do it because I want to maintain a nice healthy lifestyle, Kennedy said.

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GEORGETOWN The Council on Aging is offering more programs for local senior citizens.

The programs will be at the Georgetown Senior Community Center. For more information, call the COA at 978-352-5726.

Morning card games, cribbage

Card and cribbage games are offered Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Coffee and snacks will be served.

Weekly exercise programs

The COA offers weekly exercise programs at the senior center. Yoga classes are Mondays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Strength training classes are Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. Tai chi classes are Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. A $3 donation is suggested per class. An indoor walking program at Perley School takes place during the school year. Registration is necessary before participants begin the program.

NEET fundraiser underway

The Northern Essex Elder Transport program, or NEET, is collecting used cell phones as a fundraiser for the volunteer driver elder medical transportation program. By partnering with Cellular Recycler, the National Council on Aging either recycles used cell phones for their metals or refurbishes them for use in developing countries.

Money raised by the local collection will benefit the NEET program, which serves 14 Merrimack Valley communities. Volunteer drivers provide door-to-door transportation for elders to medical appointments. A collection box for used cell phones is at the COA office.

Drivers needed for elder medical transportation

The COA seeks additional volunteer drivers to provide medical transportation to local elders. Through Northern Essex Elder Transport, or NEET, the COA provides local elders with rides to medical appointments. A donation of 43 cents per mile is suggested to help support the program and defray the increased cost of gasoline for volunteer drivers.

However, donations are only suggested and no one will be denied a ride if unable to give a donation. A vital link in maintaining independence and healthy well-being for elders, the NEET program fills the transportation void that often exists in rural communities. For information on becoming a volunteer driver, call the COA office at 978-352-5726.

Blood pressure clinic is July 5

Public health nurse Pam Lara will be available to take blood pressure, heart assessments and to discuss medication information with elders Wednesday, July 5, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Shared medical rides to Boston, Peabody

The Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority provides one day per week of shared medical transportation for MVRTA Special Services customers to Lahey Clinic in Peabody and several Boston hospitals. In Georgetown, a van will pick up and drop off clients at their homes on Mondays.

If needing a ride on another day, call the MVRTAs Office of Special Services. At Lahey Clinic, customers should make medical appointments between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. The van will depart Lahey Clinic no later than 3:30 p.m. Customers with medical appointments in Boston should make appointments between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The van will depart Boston no later than 3:30 p.m. Boston hospitals include Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, Shriners Burn Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts Floating Hospital for Children, Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Childrens Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center and VA Medical Center in Jamaica Plain.

Rates are $8 cash one-way or $16 cash for round trip. Reservations and applications are necessary. Reservations may be made one to two weeks in advance by calling the Office of Special Services at 978-469-6878 and selecting Option 3. For further information, call the Office of Special Services or the COA at 978-352-5726.

Updates to newsletter mailing list

As the COA updates the newsletter mailing list to comply with new U.S. Postal Service regulations, some addresses have been eliminated from the list. If you no longer receive the COA newsletter and would like to be added back on the mailing list, call the COA at 978-352-5726 to update your contact information.

SHINE office hours July 6

SHINE counselor Jerry Goldberg will be available to answer health insurance questions Thursday, July 6, at 9 a.m. To schedule an appointment, call the COA at 978-352-5726.

Mahjong groups meet Mondays, Wednesdays

Mahjong groups meet Mondays at 12:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

Stamp Club meets July 13

The Winthrop Stamp Club will meet Thursday, July 13, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Knitting Group meets July 13, 27

The new Knitting Group will meet Thursday, July 13, and Thursday, July 27, at 10 a.m. The group shares skills and patterns while working on individual projects. Some service projects will be planned. Refreshments will be served.

Quilting 101 meets July 11, 25

Instructor Terry Palardy will lead a beginners quilting group starting Tuesday, July 11, and Tuesday, July 25, at 2 p.m. Participants will learn how to use a sewing machine with comfort, how to cut fabric and machine quilt sandwiched layers. All materials will be provided. To register, call the COA at 978-352-5726.

Mural project continues July 17

As a gift to the new senior center, the Georgetown Cultural Council has funded a mural project to be planned and coordinated by local artist Mary Paganelli. The painting project will involve local elders. The group will meet again Monday, July 17, at 2 p.m. at the senior center. All skill levels are welcome.

Bocce, ice cream offered July 18

There will be bocce and ice cream Tuesday, July 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the senior center.

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Adina Acevera and other seniors at Brooklyn's Macon Library have teams and tournaments, complete with matching shirts, for Xbox bowling. Ina Jaffe/NPR hide caption

Adina Acevera and other seniors at Brooklyn's Macon Library have teams and tournaments, complete with matching shirts, for Xbox bowling.

For the past three years, 74-year-old Alice Baker has come to the Macon Branch Library in Brooklyn almost every Thursday morning.

That's when the wildly popular Xbox bowling league meets. But Baker also has learned to quilt at the library and says quilting is now a regular part of her life.

The two programs are a small part of efforts in Brooklyn and other cities to expand offerings for older adults at libraries. What appeals to Baker is that she can attend activities for people her own age in a place that welcomes people of every age.

"They have exercise, they have classes for kids. It brings everybody in," says Baker. "You can bring your family with you."

Some of the programs virtual bowling, for instance don't strike people as part of a library's mission. Nick Higgins, director of outreach for the Brooklyn Public Library, sees it differently.

"A good library reflects the needs of its particular community," he says. "Our older adult community is growing rapidly ... They're starting to exhibit some mobility issues. They're looking for opportunities other than movie night, something active and social. And the public library is a perfect space for that to happen."

At Brooklyn's libraries, there are now twice as many Xbox bowling teams for seniors as there were last year.

One can see why at the Macon Branch. With a lot of team spirit on display, a dozen or so people are all wearing matching bowling shirts. They take turns facing a large screen displaying the alley and pins, then go through the motions of bowling as if they had a ball. As each one steps up to the line, the room echoes with shouts of encouragement, cheers for a strike, and groans for a missed spare.

But it's not only about fun and games. Arts courses for older adults have also expanded. And participation is up by more than 50 percent since last year, maybe because of the wide array of options, from watercolor painting to salsa dancing to story-telling.

Poet Dave Johnson is one of the teachers of an 8-week memoir writing class at the Brooklyn Central Library. Ina Jaffe/NPR hide caption

Poet Dave Johnson is one of the teachers of an 8-week memoir writing class at the Brooklyn Central Library.

On a Wednesday morning at the Brooklyn Central Library, the class is memoir writing. Poet and playwright Dave Johnson is one of the teachers.

"As you tell the story, I want you to also use simile and metaphor," says Johnson. "I mean, you might say, yeah, he's a little bit like a porcupine, right?"

None of the people in the class are experienced writers. A few have only recently learned to read and write in one of the library's adult literacy classes. For this day's class, they're supposed to write something about the differences between members of their families.

"Of course you can make it up," says Johnson, laughing. "We're not gonna know the difference."

But 77-year-old Lawrence James a retired New York transit bus mechanic doesn't make anything up.

He reads his work to the class: "My mother very religious, God-fearing, a good provider, but distant like Africa." His oldest brother the "symbol of success," his other brother "a mystery," his step-father "without a spine." He concludes, "Somehow I felt like a visitor there ... many different personalities, but all seeking something, all avoiding something."

The room is silent for a moment when he finishes reading. Then the spell is broken with applause from his classmates.

James says he comes to the library a lot. He says he prefers the mix of people there to what one would traditionally find at a senior center. But he concedes that's probably an unfair image of what senior centers are.

"I have this stereotype in my head," he explains. "Sometimes some centers limit the activities of seniors to like bingo, yoga, and some things that I'm just not interested in."

The memoir class is sponsored by an organization called Lifetime Arts, which develops a variety of arts classes for older adults. Contrary to James' image, Lifetime Arts also works with senior centers. But the organization is best known for its work with more than 80 public libraries in 13 states.

Maura O'Malley is the CEO and co-founder. She says that whether the classes are in writing or painting or choral singing or salsa dancing, all of them are taught by professional artists, and structured to result in a final project or performance.

"And that's the exciting thing about this work," she says. "It's about rebuilding connections as you age and about finding new ways of living and expressing yourself. It's not about entertainment."

It's about the opportunity to write new chapters in life, no matter one's age.

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BLOOMINGTON Tory Klingman says her seven years as an unpaid Miller Park junior zookeeper instilled a work ethic that she embodies today.

"I started the program just because I had what a lot of kids have, which is a love for animals," said the 25-year-old operations manager for a Twin City bank.

She had fun learning about animals and studying native habitats, but she also learned the value of hard work and commitment.

"It was instilled in me early on that if I had committed to something, I had to follow through with it," said Klingman. "So if there was a day in the summer that I maybe didn't want to work, I knew I still had to be at the zoo that day because I said I would be."

She was among many children, who in sixth through 12th grades, participated in the zoo's year-round program since it started in 1972.

The zoo is hosting a 45th reunion for its junior zookeepers, past and present, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

It's unclear how many children have participated through the years because records weren't kept every year, said Shannon Reedy, a zoo education specialist who has managed the program for nearly 20 years

For the past 15 years, the zoo has kept a waiting list of children who want to participate. Registration is held each year in March.

Each year, the program draws about 240 junior zookeepers from McLean County and towns including Pontiac, Champaign, Lincoln and Springfield.

"There are a lot of teen programs in zoos, but this is is the only year-round program in the country," said Reedy. "So it is unique."

Junior zookeepers attend learning sessions during the summer and on Saturdays during the school year. As they grow older, they begin helping with special events and guiding visitors. Eventually they progress to expanded duties that include preparing animal diets and cleaning exhibits, supervising younger zookeepersand leading seminars, demonstrations and programs.

"They do 6,500-plus hours of volunteer work each year," said Reedy. "These guys do a lot of work. There are a variety of different tasks that they can do. It suits a lot of different areas of interest, and also abilities and skill sets."

Normal native Eric Carlson, 31, was a junior zookeeper from 1998 through 2004. After getting a zoology degree from Western Illinois University, Carlson was a Miller Park Zoo seasonal zookeeper for a year and then moved to the Denver Zoo and Downtown Denver Aquarium. He now works as an aquarist at the Georgia Zoo in Atlanta.

The local program opened Carlson's eyes about the work done by zookeepers.

"The cleaning habitats, the squeegeeing, the mopping, the hosing, the cleaning dishes, the preparing diets all of the dirty work and all of the hard manual labor that it really takes it really showed me that I could do it," said Carlson.

"It taught me to be self-motivated because the animals rely on you, and you have to be there to provide their complete care and to keep an eye on them," he added.

"It was a huge part of my life and something I look back on very fondly," said Klingman. "I am very glad that I was fortunate enough to be a part of it."

Klingman started at the zoo when she was about 11, staying until after her graduation from high school.

"Working there during the summers, even though it was considered a volunteer program, we would do a lot of work during the day to help with the upkeep of the zoo and then we would also get to interact with zoo visitors a lot and sometimes while handling zoo animals," she said.

Jay Tetzloff, who heads the city-owned zoo and the city's parks, recreation and cultural arts department, was 16 when he started volunteering at the zoo in his hometown of Omaha, Neb.

"When I started volunteering at the zoo, I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian," he said. "But as I worked with the animals and the zookeepers, it shaped where I wanted to go and that was to work closer with animals."

"Here, the kids are learning so many different things other than biology or zoology," added Tetzloff. "A lot of life skills are taught."

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Could YOU lose weight eating nothing but a Greggs diet plan?

The company says you can - and it takes just 30 days. They've launched the Greggs Minimise Me diet, which allows you to eat a range of products, including healthier options like porridge and fruit, but also classics like the occasional sausage roll, and according to their testers it really is an effective weight loss plan.

The brand worked with independent dietician Laura Clark, who created a 30-day diet made up entirely from the Greggs menu and worked with four participants who gave the plan a go. Whilst also incorporating more activity into their lifestyles, all of the members of the group found that they'd lost a notable amount of weight by the end of the time frame.

Breakfast Original Porridge with 1/2 pack of Berries & Cherries

Lunch Tuna Mayonnaise Sub Roll

Dinner Cheese, Tomato and Basil Pasta Salad

Snack Fruit Medley

However, some of the foods definitely feel more indulgent. On Wednesday and Saturday, you start the day with an Egg Breakfast Roll, and Sunday lunch is a slice of Margherita Pizza. Other items you might not expect to see are the Greggs Sausage Roll, Katsu Chicken Bake and Raspberry and Almond Bakes. A diet plan that includes cakes and pastries? Apparently, it can be done!

You also get a daily milk allowance of 200ml, and of course, unlimited water. The plan was specifically developed for a woman, aged 35-45, with a sedentary lifestyle, but could also help people outside of that demographic to lose weight and feel healthier.

One Minimise Me dieter, Hannah, wanted to get back into shape before returning to work after maternity leave, and managed to shed an amazing 1st 3lbs, adding that that she was 'thrilled' with the outcome.

'I'm just so incredibly amazed with myself that I managed to so successfully stay on the wagon, it's one of the first diets I've done in years that I've managed to stay on for such a long time without coming off of it,' she told the Daily Mail.

'With diets that I've tried before, you weight out your portion size, and then you sneak a little bit of extra in if you're feeling a bit naughty.

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'But with this one, the sandwich is there, the fruit pot is there, the porridge is there - and it takes away all the kind of faff of having to weigh things out and measure things out.'

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Test Overview

A testosterone test checks the level of this male hormone (androgen) in the blood. Testosterone affects sexual features and development. In men, it is made in large amounts by the testicles . In both men and women, testosterone is made in small amounts by the adrenal glands , and in women, by the ovaries .

The pituitary gland controls the level of testosterone in the body. When the testosterone level is low, the pituitary gland releases a hormone called luteinizing hormone (LH). This hormone tells the testicles to make more testosterone.

Before puberty, the testosterone level in boys is normally low. Testosterone increases during puberty. This causes boys to develop a deeper voice, get bigger muscles, make sperm , and get facial and body hair. The level of testosterone is the highest around age 40, then gradually becomes less in older men.

In women, the ovaries account for half of the testosterone in the body. Women have a much smaller amount of testosterone in their bodies compared to men. But testosterone plays an important role throughout the body in both men and women. It affects the brain, bone and muscle mass, fat distribution, the vascular system, energy levels, genital tissues, and sexual functioning.

Most of the testosterone in the blood is bound to a protein called sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Testosterone that is not bound ("free" testosterone) may be checked if a man or a woman is having sexual problems. Free testosterone also may be tested for a person who has a condition that can change SHBG levels, such as hyperthyroidism or some types of kidney diseases.

Total testosterone levels vary throughout the day. They are usually highest in the morning and lowest in the evening.

A testosterone test is done to:

You do not need to do anything before you have this test. Your doctor may want you to do a morning blood test because testosterone levels are highest between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.

The health professional taking a sample of blood will:

The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.

There is very little chance of a problem from having a blood sample taken from a vein.

A testosterone test checks the level of this male hormone (androgen) in the blood.

The normal values listed here-called a reference range-are just a guide. These ranges vary from lab to lab, and your lab may have a different range for what's normal. Your lab report should contain the range your lab uses. Also, your doctor will evaluate your results based on your health and other factors. This means that a value that falls outside the normal values listed here may still be normal for you or your lab.

Your doctor will have your test results in a few days.

Men

270-1070 ng/dL (9-38 nmol/L)

Women

15-70 ng/dL (0.52-2.4 nmol/L)

Children (depends on sex and age at puberty)

2-20 ng/dL or 0.07-0.7 nmol/L

The testosterone level for a postmenopausal woman is about half the normal level for a healthy, nonpregnant woman. And a pregnant woman will have 3 to 4 times the amount of testosterone compared to a healthy, nonpregnant woman.

Men

50-210 pg/mL (174-729 pmol/L)

Women

Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

To learn more, see:

Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.

Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosbys Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.

ByHealthwise Staff Primary Medical ReviewerE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Specialist Medical ReviewerAlan C. Dalkin, MD - Endocrinology

Current as ofNovember 20, 2015

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