Pentagon’s Testosterone Push Faces VA Care Gaps and Fertility Concerns
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The Pentagon’s plan to screen and treat testosterone in service members—despite doctors warning against universal screening—risks repeating VA’s past failures in testosterone replacement, may drive unnecessary therapy, threaten fertility, and complicate care when service members transition to veterans benefits, all amid limited coverage for infertility under TRICARE.
- Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment. The Intercept
- Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon plan for testosterone screening | US military The Guardian
- Judge questions difference between Hegseth’s testosterone policy and transgender care for troops Federal News Network
- Trump officials want to make testosterone drugs easier to prescribe. Is that a good idea? AP News
- "High-T Department": Hegseth approves testosterone screening in military BBC
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