Estradiol Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms May Protect Certain Types of Cognition from Stress
Treating menopausal symptoms with estradiol therapy (ET) may shield women from stress’ negative effects on some types of memory, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers led by Alexandra Ycaza Herrera, PhD, of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, point out that one negative effect of...
Researchers have described clinical features and outcomes in children with adrenocortical tumors (ACTs) without germline TP53 mutations, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Emilia Modolo Pinto, PhD, Raul C. Ribeiro, MD, and colleagues of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., point out that ACTs are cancers caused...
Review Looks at Implications of Free Testosterone Measurements
The number of testosterone prescriptions is growing, so a paper recently published in Endocrine Reviews seeks to offer some best practices for the application of free testosterone measurements in patients with androgen disorders. The paper, by Ravi Jasuja, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, et al, points out that as the number of prescriptions written for...