Hormones

One year of transgender hormone therapy shows the greatest increase in bone-mineral density in male-to-female conversions, while female-to-male conversions benefit most in postmenopausal women.  

ASCO has a new guideline for the use of endocrine therapy in patients with hormone-receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer.  

Researchers have called for clinical trials into the effects of statins in women with recurrent breast cancer, after finding that these cancers can make a molecule from cholesterol that mimics oestrogen.  

A new study suggests that rapid estrogen decline at the end of the menstrual cycle may make women vulnerable to common triggers for migraine attacks.  

Current users of systemic glucocorticoids experienced 2.5 times higher odds of infection with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria than non-users, a Danish study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has found.1  

Current users of systemic glucocorticoids experienced 2.5 times higher odds of infection with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria than non-users, a Danish study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has found.1