A new study suggests that middle-age and elderly men are less likely to develop worsening frailty if they have high levels of certain anabolic hormones, which are muscle- and bone-building hormones. The study results will be presented Sunday at ENDO 2017, the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Frailty is the gradual loss...
The natural fetal estrogen estetrol, also called E4, is being tested as a new drug that may help treat advanced prostate cancer, according to an ongoing industry-sponsored study from the Netherlands. The final results will be presented in a poster on Saturday, April 1, at ENDO 2017, the annual scientific meeting of the Endocrine Society,...
ENDO 2017 Breaking News: Hormones Are Behind Hernias of the Groin in Elderly Men, Study Suggests
Researchers have identified an apparent cause of inguinal hernia, or groin hernia, in older men: altered sex hormone levels that weaken and scar muscle tissue in the lower abdomen. Results of their study using an animal model will be presented Monday at ENDO 2017, the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. “We have...
A study of more than 9,000 men from the United States and Europe has defined a harmonized range for total testosterone in non-obese men aged 19 to 39, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers led by Shalender Bhasin, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical...
Researchers call for further study to reduce risk of depression, side effects Men can take birth control shots to prevent pregnancy in their female partners, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers are still working to perfect the combination of hormonal contraceptives to reduce the risk...
Editorial: Increasing Complexity and Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Hypogonadism
Fifty years ago, the diagnosis and treatment of male hypogonadism was limited mostly to younger men with diseases of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis, such as Kallmann syndrome, hypopituitarism and Klinefelter syndrome (organic causes of hypogonadism). Men with these disorders presented with clinical manifestations of severe androgen deficiency, such as prominent sexual dysfunction, gynecomastia and infertility,...
Ask the Experts: Glenn Cunningham Discusses Men’s Health Advances
As part of the ongoing Year of Endocrinology, the Endocrine Society has reached out to experts in various specialties to get their comments on the science and practice of endocrinology, as well as where the future of the field is heading. For Men’s Health Month, we reached out to Glenn Cunningham, MD, professor of medicine-endocrinology...
Both men and women have been wondering what the holdup is with the male birth control pill. While research has shown promising first steps in understanding the science, that elusive pill is still a few years away. Gender bias and inequality have been in the headlines a lot in recent months, especially as political talking...
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