{"id":154656,"date":"2026-07-15T20:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154656"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:42:44","slug":"trump-defence-chief-hegseth-unveils-plan-to-test-us-troops-for-low-testosteroneunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154656","title":{"rendered":"Trump defence chief Hegseth unveils plan to test US troops for low testosteroneUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening programme for \u201ctestosterone deficiency\u201d among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their \u201cabsolute best\u201d.<br \/>\nThe screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members\u2019 required medical screenings for those 30 and older, he said. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested.<br \/>\nIn a video on social media, Hegseth said receiving testosterone replacement therapy would be&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3360727\/trump-defence-chief-hegseth-unveils-plan-test-us-troops-low-testosterone?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening programme for \u201ctestosterone deficiency\u201d among&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154656"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}