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Mandatory testosterone deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members ages 30 and older took effect Wednesday under new Pentagon clinical guidelines.
The Food and Drug Administration has an expert meeting on testosterone's medical use scheduled later this month.
That session is the next concrete checkpoint as some endocrinologists contest the program's evidentiary basis.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the program in July, saying he was authorizing it to ensure troops carry "the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best." Under the rules now in force, men ages 30 and older submit to mandatory blood tests.
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