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July 11th 2025

The Economist today

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Kennett Werner
US news editor

If you have had the pleasure of never listening to Joe Rogan, you might’ve missed the latest wellness fad among American bros: testosterone injections. Prescriptions for the hormone are soaring among “biohackers” and young men who want to bulk up.

I plan to skip that self-optimisation trend. But I’ll be pursuing another, and perhaps you would like to join me, by taking our weekly news quiz.

Hormonal men

American men are hungry for injectable testosterone

A legion of new health clinics are serving it up

→ More testosterone means higher pay—for some men

→ Sex hormones could be mental-health drugs too

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