Hormone Therapy News

Most transgender adolescents receiving a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist combined with gender-confirming hormone therapy grow to an adult height close to the reference height for their sex assigned at birth, according to study data.

Testosterone therapy did not improve cardiometabolic measures for older men with obesity and hypogonadism receiving lifestyle intervention, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The percentage of children with growth hormone deficiency and pituitary abnormalities or multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies was similar between boys and girls, according to study findings.

Among transgender adults who received gender-confirming care as adolescents, those living in transgender-supportive states are less likely to avoid health care than those who live in unsupportive states, according to study data.

Nonbinary youths report more depression and are more likely to attempt self-harm than binary transgender youths, according to study findings published in LGBT Health.

The prolonged use of certain progestogen hormone drugs — such as medrogestone, medroxyprogesterone acetate and promegestone — increased the risk for developing intracranial meningioma, according to data published in The BMJ.

Hormone therapy was associated with an improved weight-loss response for postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity treated with semaglutide, according to cohort study results published in Menopause.

In this video exclusive, Nicole Gomez, MD, talks with Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, about diagnosing and managing thyroid dysfunction in the postpartum period.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Cynthia A. Stuenkel, MD, MSCP, about diagnosing primary ovarian insufficiency, a condition similar to but different from menopause among women younger than 40 years.

Transgender girls see most of their body composition changes occur during puberty suppression, whereas transgender boys experience greater body composition changes during gender-confirming testosterone therapy, according to study data.