Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Cate Hall’s sex drive tanked when she hit 40. After months of trying—and failing—to boost it, she read a ...

Many women are becoming more aware of the perks of maintaining their hormone levels as they age. Maybe that’s why testosterone is no longer the third wheel—after estrogen and progesterone—when it ...

You can use birth control pills to lower testosterone levels and related symptoms like acne and hair growth. Eating a low-glycemic diet may lower testosterone levels if you have PCOS. Aerobic exercise ...

More women are getting testosterone therapy and touting improved libido and energy as a result. But the trend is complicated by many women taking more than may be optimal because of a lack of standard ...

Testosterone is being hailed as the secret to better energy, mood, and sex drive. Here’s what experts say about when it actually does help—and when it doesn’t. Women naturally produce testosterone, a ...

It checks the level of testosterone in your blood. Your doctor uses it to diagnose conditions caused by too much or too little testosterone. That’s a hormone produced in a man’s testes. Women make ...