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Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers treating patient2. Close of blood pressure being applied 3. Close of blood pressure monitor 4. Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers and patient through door5. Mid of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eManchester, UK - March 11th, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers treating patient\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of blood pressure being applied \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of blood pressure monitor \u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers and patient through door\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers treating patient\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Curruthers in office at desk\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Malcolm Carruthers, Medical Director at the Centre for Men's Heath Clinic in Manchester:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We've look at the number of men over the age of 50 in the UK. Of the ten thousand men surveyed actually 80 per cent had moderate or high levels of symptoms suggesting they had testosterone deficiency. This shows that it's not the rare condition that some doctors claim but actually its very common and almost totally untreated.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of couple walking in street\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide pan down of men's health centre\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of couple entering health centre \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of health centre sign\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Douglas Savage, Centre for Men's Health Clinic in Manchester:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is also a lot of evidence nowadays to show that having a low level of testosterone, having this condition is not good for your outlook. Basically men with low testosterones tend to die younger, there's increase risk of heart disease, diabetes. Really in our view this is a very, very serious condition\".\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of patient Ian McDonald entering health centre\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian McDonald, Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome (TDS) patient:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'd always been the typical alpha male type. I ran my own businesses, I was a fishing skipper for 23 years and was the type of person that woke up in the morning and rolled out of bed and was on the job, something to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of hands\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian McDonald, TDS patient:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Then when I reached the age of 55 I began to feel that I was flagging and I got all sorts of strange to me symptoms, aches, pains, horrendous sweats and uncontrollable temper\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eIstanbul, Turkey - July 17th, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of men in crowded street\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNicosia, Cyprus - September 3rd, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of men playing backgammon\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of men playing backgammon \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eManchester, UK - March 11th, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of patient Michael Hammond arriving at reception at men's health centre\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Hammond, TDS patient:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I was 55 or there abouts and I was getting perspiration in my shirt and was getting really wet, I'm talking serious perspiration, tiredness and I had a lot of muscle aches particularly in my legs\".\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of sachets of testosterone gel\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Douglas Savage, Centre for Men's Health Clinic: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Some people say it is truly like a miracle. We have people say you have saved our marriage, you've made me feel 20 years younger, it's absolutely extraordinary.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eRome, Italy - April 20th, 2007\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of doorway showing middle aged and elderly couples dancing \u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide of couples dancing\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close of couple's feet on dance floor\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eManchester, UK - March 11th, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE: (English), Michael Hammond, TDS patient:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well the benefits have been all the symptoms that I had, the sweating that's stopped, the tiredness, the lethargy that's stopped, the feeling of well being came back. I was myself I had strength, I'd got zest for life in terms of going to the gym etc and I just feel great\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eRome, Italy - April 20th, 2007\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of couples walking in park\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eManchester, UK - March 11th, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e29. Close of poster with details about TDS\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Malcolm Carruthers, Medical Director at the Centre for Men's Heath Clinic in Manchester:\u003cbr/\u003e\"According to the drugs sales figures only about 20 thousand are being treated so that means only one per cent of the men who could benefit from treatment are actually being treated. We really think that's time that that changed and that it's very important for men throughout the UK and throughout the world that this condition of TDS is taken much more seriously.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eRome, Italy - April 20th, 2007\u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of elderly men talking on park bench \u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of man walking in park\u003cbr/\u003eA report by British doctors claims that the quality of life for millions of men is being destroyed by a condition commonly known as the male menopause, even though it's cheap and simple to treat.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to the study only a fraction of the men suffering Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome are treated because too many doctors don't recognise the symptoms.\u003cbr/\u003eThis is a men's clinic in the north of England.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's just opened its doors and it specialises in treating conditions like Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome (TDS).\u003cbr/\u003eIt's caused by a disturbance in male hormone levels as men reach, and pass, middle age.  \u003cbr/\u003eIt's so common it's called the 'male menopause'.\u003cbr/\u003eBut doctors at this clinic say the symptoms aren't recognised.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the UK alone there are two million men suffering from TDS, but only a fraction are being treated, just one percent.\u003cbr/\u003eDr Malcolm Carruthers is director of the new clinic.\u003cbr/\u003eCarruthers surveyed ten thousand men over the age of fifty.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says \"80 percent had moderate or high levels of symptoms suggesting they had testosterone deficiency. This shows that it's not the rare condition that some doctors claim, but actually its very common and almost totally untreated.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCurruthers believes men are finding themselves in the same position as British women thirty years ago when health problems caused by the menopause weren't fully understood by all doctors.\u003cbr/\u003eIt can wreak marriages and families. \u003cbr/\u003eTestosterone levels in men peak around the age of 25 and then slowly decline throughout life. \u003cbr/\u003eLast year the British Society for Sexual Medicine and a group of other health related organisations released new guidelines for treatment.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to the clinic the health risks associated with TDS are often underestimated.\u003cbr/\u003eDr Douglas Savage says \"men with low testosterones tend to die younger, there's increase risk of heart disease, diabetes. Really in our view this is a very, very serious condition\".\u003cbr/\u003eIan McDonald, aged 74, is patient of Dr Carruthers. He started treatment for Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome thirteen years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eHe has enjoyed a colourful, varied and very active life he says.\u003cbr/\u003e \"I ran my own businesses, I was a fishing skipper for 23 years and was the type of person that woke up in the morning and rolled out of bed and was on the job, something to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut when he turned 55 all that changed.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says \"I began to feel that I was flagging and I got all sorts of, strange to me, symptoms - aches, pains, horrendous sweats and uncontrollable temper\".\u003cbr/\u003eAnother patient Michael Hammond suffered the similar symptoms, sweating, tiredness and aching muscles.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth men say treatment changed their lives radically.\u003cbr/\u003eThey say their improvement in health was so quick it seemed almost miraculous.  \u003cbr/\u003eTreatment for TDS is simple.\u003cbr/\u003eIt comes in gel sachets and is applied straight to the skin.\u003cbr/\u003eIf that 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