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November 13, 1954
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Physicians report promising results from tiny doses of sex hormones in treating fatigue, depression, irritability, and high blood pressure in 70 older adults during menopause or andropause.
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Hormones May Aid Oldsters
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE AP Science Reporter
NEW YORK (U)-Tiny daily doses of fresh hormones look promising for overcoming some troubles and dangers of growing old, two physicians have revealed.
They reported mostly good results in overcoming fatigue, headaches, depressions, nervousness, irritability and even high blood pressure in a group of 61 women and nine men who were in or past the "change of life" period. That is the period in which the natural production of sex hormones starts to decline.
The report was made by Doctors Charles H. Birnberg and Raphael Kurzrok, of Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn and Morrisania Hospital, New York, at a symposium on geriatrics presented by the American Geriatrics Society.
Geriatrics is the treatment of diseases of the aging.
Tablets with tiny amounts of sex hormones were used in the doctors' experiments on people not acutely ill but mainly victims of changes in personalities.
Three quarters of the women were 50 to 68 years old, the others 39 to 50. The nine men were 57 to 67. .
The hormones generally had a tonic effect, the physicians said.
An unexpected result was a lowering of blood pressure in numerous cases, they added.
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE AP Science Reporter
NEW YORK (U)-Tiny daily doses of fresh hormones look promising for overcoming some troubles and dangers of growing old, two physicians have revealed.
They reported mostly good results in overcoming fatigue, headaches, depressions, nervousness, irritability and even high blood pressure in a group of 61 women and nine men who were in or past the "change of life" period. That is the period in which the natural production of sex hormones starts to decline.
The report was made by Doctors Charles H. Birnberg and Raphael Kurzrok, of Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn and Morrisania Hospital, New York, at a symposium on geriatrics presented by the American Geriatrics Society.
Geriatrics is the treatment of diseases of the aging.
Tablets with tiny amounts of sex hormones were used in the doctors' experiments on people not acutely ill but mainly victims of changes in personalities.
Three quarters of the women were 50 to 68 years old, the others 39 to 50. The nine men were 57 to 67. .
The hormones generally had a tonic effect, the physicians said.
An unexpected result was a lowering of blood pressure in numerous cases, they added.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
What keywords are associated?
Hormone Therapy
Geriatrics
Aging Troubles
Blood Pressure
Sex Hormones
What entities or persons were involved?
Charles H. Birnberg
Raphael Kurzrok
Where did it happen?
New York
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Key Persons
Charles H. Birnberg
Raphael Kurzrok
Location
New York
Story Details
Doctors Birnberg and Kurzrok reported positive results from tiny daily doses of sex hormones in 61 women and 9 men aged 39-68, alleviating fatigue, headaches, depressions, nervousness, irritability, and high blood pressure during the change of life period.