Hormone Therapy News

Blood concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, or TRAIL, appear to be inversely related to levels of 17-beta estradiol, according to recent study data.

In patients with hypopituitarism, a 2-year regimen of growth hormone therapy does not confer greater benefits in bone mineral density upon those receiving glucocorticoid therapy, according to recent study findings.

The risk for acute MI within 90 days of testosterone therapy prescription is elevated in older men and younger men with a prior history of CVD, according to new study data.

The FDA announced today that it is reassessing the risk for stroke, MI and death in men who use FDA-approved testosterone products, according to a safety announcement.

Postmenopausal hormone therapy containing estrogen could reduce the risk for primary open-angle glaucoma, retrospective data suggest.

The addition of radiation therapy to antiandrogen therapy halved the 10- and 15-year rates for mortality among men with high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer compared with hormone therapy alone, according to updated study results presented at the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Combination bazedoxifene and conjugated estrogens demonstrated low rates of endometrial hyperplasia, with improved lumbar spine and total hip bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, according to initial data published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy may increase the risk for acute pancreatitis, according to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Hormone therapy was associated with approximately 40% reductions in repeat surgeries after a total knee arthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty, according to data derived from a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Combined treatment with growth hormone and testosterone in men with hypopituitarism does not appear to yield improvements in structural or mechanical measures of the distal tibia vs. testosterone alone, according to recent study results.