Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine.
“Hey doc, can you order me labs? I want to get my T checked.”
As a urologist, I’ve gotten some version of that message more often in the past few months than in the rest of my career. Testosterone talk has moved from locker rooms to podcasts and now to headlines. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday the launch of screening for low testosterone among service members who are 30 or over.
Guys who never used to think about their health are suddenly asking real questions about their hormones — and guys who never knew the test existed could soon be getting it by default.
The interest is a good thing. What we do with a single number is the harder question.
