Hormone Therapy News

Mortality and cardiovascular disease outcomes are not influenced by testosterone, dihydrotestosterone or estradiol in predominantly middle-aged men, study data show.

Postmenopausal women were more likely to regularly fill their prescription for vaginally administered local estrogen therapy when prescribed vaginal tablets vs. creams, according to a 9-year retrospective study from Israel.

In men undergoing long-term treatment for congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, lapses in medication adherence are common and may be associated with depressive symptoms, study data show.

Women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease who are premenopausal or those using synthetic hormones — birth control or hormone replacement therapy — show more severe hepatic injury and inflammation than their male counterparts, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Continuation of growth hormone therapy in young adults with Prader-Willi syndrome who have reached adult height can help to reduce fat mass and increase lean body mass, study data show.

Continuous treatment with a 2% topical testosterone solution may help to improve low sex drive and low-energy symptoms in men with hypogonadism, study data show.

Overall sexual function in women is not negatively affected with levonorgestrel-containing oral contraceptive, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Healio.com/Endocrinology recently launched In the Journals Plus, a new feature that will provide busy physicians with summaries of the top articles from leading journals in endocrinology.

Cognitive function is reduced in healthy girls exposed to early prenatal dexamethasone, which suggests the therapy should not be used in fetuses at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia before genotype is known, according to researchers.

Black women using estrogen-containing contraceptives were more likely to have higher vitamin D levels than those not taking such agents, regardless of whether they also took vitamin D supplements, according to recent findings.