Hormone Therapy News

Women who did not receive menopausal hormone therapy had greater odds of developing adhesive capsulitis compared with those on HT, according to preliminary study results presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting.

The benefits of gender-affirming hormone therapy outweigh the risks for transgender women of all ages as well as those with comorbidities, according to a speaker at the 2022 North American Menopause Society annual meeting.

The estrogen estetrol was associated with decreased frequency and severity of vasomotor symptoms for postmenopausal women, study findings presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting showed.

Use of combined oral contraceptives in women with obesity may confer elevated CV risk in the form of venous and arterial thromboembolism, researchers reported.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Menopausal hormone therapy can help alleviate severe vasomotor symptoms, but cardiologists should assess CV risk and consider several other factors when evaluating these patients, according to a speaker.

Women born in 1954 and 1966 were nearly twice as likely to experience daily hot flashes at age 50 years than women born in 1918 and 1930, regardless of obesity, smoking status, stress and hormonal therapy, according to study data.

During the past 2 decades, Endocrine Today has reported on the latest developments in testosterone therapy, including new formulations, debates over indications, and trials assessing risks and benefits for older men.

In a large cohort of men, pre‐diagnostic use of metformin and testosterone replacement therapy was associated with lower incidence of prostate and colorectal cancers, but not male breast cancer, according to research.

The Healio and Endocrine Today editors have compiled the most read news from the Endocrine Society annual meeting in June.

Female patients with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to achieve remission when treated with exogenous sex hormones, particularly those who are perimenopausal and early postmenopausal, according to data published in Rheumatology.