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Experiencing fatigue, low libido, or brain fog? While Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) is an effective treatment for confirmed deficiencies, simple lifestyle habits can make a major impact. Discover 7 evidence-based, natural ways to optimize your hormone levels and boost your overall health before considering medical treatment.

Exciting clinical updates from the team at The WellMan Clinic: emerging research from Imperial College London reveals how kisspeptin—a naturally occurring brain hormone—could revolutionize treatment for low sexual desire. Read about the trial findings, how kisspeptin targets the brain's emotional pathways, and what this means for the future of sexual health.

Prostate cancer affects 1 in 8 men, yet standard total PSA tests can sometimes lead to false alarms and unnecessary biopsies. In issue No. 6 of The WellMan Clinic News, Dr David Dawson breaks down how the Complex PSA (cPSA) test offers a clearer, more precise picture of your prostate health—especially if your levels fall into the tricky "grey zone."

From the dark history of testosterone’s discovery in the 1930s to the modern obesity epidemic, Dr Richard Petty examines how visceral fat suppresses male testosterone levels. Discover why the combination of excess weight, falling fertility rates, and declining hormone health poses a serious threat to male vitality and long-term wellbeing.

Welcome to the 4th edition of our newsletter. In recognition of Men’s Health Week 2025 at The Wellman Clinic, we’re highlighting key health issues that affect men and introducing a new hormone screening service. Men’s Health Week: A Time to Prioritise Your Health This week is International Men’s…

We might not know much about the dread Emperor Claudius Gothicus II but he was the first of a long line of brutish barbarian Roman generals of quite remarkable cruelty who had regained the trust of a hesitant soldiery faced with the incipient threat of humanistic Christianity. There…

Having been on the scene for 20 million years, the common vampire bat of South America has become increasingly intelligent, perceptive and highly sociable. It is little, up to 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) long. It feeds nightly on four times its weight in blood drained mostly from domesticated animals,…

Horace Walpole, an asexual and effete afterthought son of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, neo-Gothic architect, obsessive hoarder, abundant writer, a politician with more than an iota of intellect, had coined the word ‘serendipity’ on 28 January 1754 to describe ‘the discovery through change by a theoretically prepared mind of…

“My opinion of this animal has much improved during the course of my research. Where once I thought of filth and greed, I now think of intelligence, affection, loyalty, and adaptability, with an added touch of joyous sensuality – qualities without which humans would not be humans.”  …

The first endocrinologist, known to his grateful colleagues as “Father Christmas” The 19th century self-made man affirmed himself in the dirt dark stink of the Industrial Revolution. Impoverished rural peasantry, seeking a portion of the new wealth, provided near-slave labour for his mills, forges, factories and mines.