Hormone Therapy News

CHICAGO — In obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome, an association between high anti-Müllerian hormone levels and decreased response to ovulation induction was discovered, according to research presented at the joint meeting of the International Congress of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society.

CHICAGO — Low measures of single plasma kisspeptin in early pregnancy could predict miscarriage in pregnant women without symptoms, according to research presented at the joint meeting of the International Congress of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society.

SAN FRANCISCO — Estrogen may be associated with improved beta-cell function and islet cell transplant outcomes, according to data presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions.

Recent study findings published in Molecular Psychiatry demonstrated a direct link between raised steroid hormones in the womb — including testosterone, progesterone, and cortisol — and a later autism diagnosis in boys.

In an Endocrine Today video exclusive, Joshua D. Safer, MD, of the department of endocrinology, diabetes and nutrition at Boston University School of Medicine, encourages endocrinologists to stay informed about how to assist transgender patients who seek hormone therapy during medically assisted gender transition.

The first testosterone nasal gel for replacement therapy in adult men has been approved by the FDA for use in conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone, according to the manufacturer.

LAS VEGAS — Endocrinologists need education so they can best serve their patients who are transgender and looking for a gender identity change via hormonal treatment, a presenter at the AACE 23rd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress said.

LAS VEGAS — Testosterone supplementation has an insulin sensitizing effect in patients with diabetes and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, including increases in expression of mediators of signaling and reductions in factors that interfere, according to research presented at the AACE 23rd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.

LAS VEGAS — Testosterone therapy did not increase the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke and may provide a cardioprotective factor, a presenter at the AACE 23rd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress said.

Throughout human history, there have been people who were transgender, individuals whose gender identity and expression differ from the sex they appear to be at birth. Some cultures accepted these differences, whereas others violently opposed them. The current world culture is in the midst of a sea change with regard to gender. And although there is still open hostility in some sectors, in many places, there is an increased openness toward people who are gender-nonconforming.