Hormone Therapy News

Growth hormone treatment in children with idiopathic isolated growth hormone deficiency, idiopathic short stature or short stature in those born small for gestational age does not significantly increase the risk for diabetes in adulthood, according to study findings.

Among women with a history of two or more unexplained pregnancy losses, progesterone may increase the rate of successful pregnancies, study data show.

In healthy men with obesity and modest reductions in testosterone, combined weight loss and testosterone therapy improved androgen deficiency symptoms beyond any benefits associated with weight loss alone, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial.

Adolescents with Silver-Russell syndrome born small for gestational age and treated with growth hormone have a similar metabolic health and safety profile as adolescents born without the syndrome but small for gestational age, study findings indicate.

In postmenopausal women, a combination of calcium and vitamin D along with hormone therapy was shown to reduce LDL cholesterol, according to a secondary analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative.

Postmenopausal women have a reduced risk for death from vascular dementia or Alzheimer’s disease with any use of estradiol-based hormone treatment, study data show.

Long-term growth hormone treatment in girls with Turner’s syndrome does not have a negative effect on insulin sensitivity or beta-cell secretory capacity, according to recently published data.

The risk for thromboembolism among women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes may not be increased with use of hormonal contraception, study data show.

Glucose homeostasis does not appear to be affected by 4 years of growth hormone replacement therapy in adults with growth hormone deficiency, study data show.

Trabecular bone score assessment reveals that hormone therapy for menopause symptoms is associated with preservation of bone microarchitecture, and the effect persists on trabecular bone score and bone mineral density for at least 2 years after withdrawal.