Androgen

A coalition of 11 leading medical societies worldwide released a global position statement outlining best practices for the use of testosterone for women, stating the therapy is appropriate for women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder/dysfunction but noting that evidence does not support such treatment for any other symptoms or medical conditions.

Men receiving androgen-deprivation therapies for hypogonadism often had elevated risk for QT prolongation and torsades de pointes, which confer heightened sudden death odds, researchers reported in Circulation.

Among men aged at least 70 years, type 2 diabetes appeared associated with a 35% reduction in risk for prostate cancer after consideration of standard risk factors, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.