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ANDRO STRIKES OUT Good thing Mark McGwire stopped taking it. In doses of 300 mg daily, androstenedione, the over-the-counter supplement the slugger used during his record 70-home-run season, can raise testosterone above normal levels and increase blood levels of the female hormone estrogen. Both are potentially hazardous. In men, elevated testosterone may lower good HDL cholesterol; in women, it's linked to beard growth and male-pattern baldness; and in kids, it can cause premature puberty. And elevated estrogen? In guys, that can lead to breast enlargement...