Hormone Therapy

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Leslie Cho, MD, discusses how to assess CV risk when considering use of hormone therapy for bothersome menopausal symptoms.

Research shows that lifestyle modifications, particularly diet quality, can lead to cardiometabolic health benefits for women during the menopause transition.

Testosterone use among transgender men and gender-diverse people was linked to higher interest in sexual activity and also pain or discomfort during sexual activity, researchers reported.

Transgender people who use gender-confirming hormone therapy long term have increases in bone mineral density back to levels observed before pubertal suppression, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

DENVER — Therapeutic lifestyle modifications, particularly focusing on diet quality, can improve long-term cardiometabolic health for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, according to a presenter at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

Postmenopausal women who stopped or never used hormone therapy over a 5-year period experienced a loss in bone density, whereas bone density was maintained for those who continued treatment, researchers reported in Menopause.

Oral contraceptives may protect against rheumatoid arthritis, while menopausal hormone therapy could increase risk for late-onset RA, according to data published in Rheumatology.

DALLAS — In this Healio video exclusive, Michael S. Irwig, MD, discusses how gender-confirming hormone therapy may affect obesity and cardiometabolic health.

Both long-term and short-term heat exposure were linked to an increased risk for maternal morbidity in pregnant women, researchers reported.

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