British businessman Shrien Dewani had hormone problems and underwent testosterone replacement therapy, the Western Cape High Court heard on Monday.
"I decided to undergo this treatment despite the side-effects. Having my own family was important to me," he explained in a plea document.
An endocrinologist told him in 2009 that he had abnormally low levels of the hormone and may have trouble reproducing.
He was warned of the side-effects, including the risk of blood clots, sleep apnoea, breast enlargement, weight gain, and acne.
"I discussed my problem with Anni as I knew that she wanted children as well."
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2014/10/06/dewani-was-taking-testosterone-to-try-boost-fertility
Something else that Dewani and Pistorius have in common?
Gayness does not mean automatically that one would have lower testosterone levels. To tell you the truth, testosterone levels world-wide has been dropping at the rate of 1 percent per year ALL THESE YEARS!
A new study has found a substantial drop in U.S. mens testosterone levels since the 1980s, but the reasons for the decline remain unclear. This trend also does not appear to be related to age.
The average levels of the male hormone dropped by 1 percent a year, Dr. Thomas Travison and colleagues from the New England Research Institutes in Watertown, Massachusetts, found. This means that, for example, a 65-year-old man in 2002 would have testosterone levels 15 percent lower than those of a 65-year-old in 1987. This also means that a greater proportion of men in 2002 would have had below-normal testosterone levels than in 1987.
The entire population is shifting somewhat downward we think, Travison told Reuters Health. Were counting on other studies to confirm this.
Travison and his team analyzed data from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, a long-term investigation of aging in about 1,700 Boston-area men. Data from the men were collected for three time intervals: 1987-1989, 1995-1997, and 2002-2004.
http://aboutlifting.com/do-gay-men-have-lower-testosterone-levels/