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Letter: Forever young

Published 10 December 2008

From Simon Knight

Great: by calling ageing “andropause” we can classify it as a disease and give testosterone supplements to men over 65 in an attempt to turn them once more into hormone-driven 18-year-olds (1 November, p 8).

Just what society needs!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Issue no. 2686 published 13 December 2008

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