Several reviews have been published looking at puberty blockers and gender dysphoria in children. Dr Gavin Stewart, Senior Lecturer … read more
A study published in the BMJ looks at an association between progesterone hormones and brain tumour risk. Dr Mangesh Thorat, Honorary … read more
A conference abstract (not a published paper) presented at the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) looks at the … read more
A study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Heath looks at continuation of gender-affirming hormones in transgender people starting … read more
An observational study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute looks at the use of hormone therapy after … read more
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation looks at whether a drug that acts via the kissepeptin hormone … read more
A new study published in The BMJ suggests new estimates of breast cancer risks associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) … read more
A preprint, an unpublished non peer-reviewed paper posted to medRxiv, looked at estrogen levels and risk of COVID-19. Dr … read more
A conference poster, being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), reports … read more
A study, published in Diabetes Care, reports a hormone injection that can cause weight loss in obese patients with prediabetes … read more
Research published in the BMJ shows that long term use of systemic hormone therapy might be accompanied with an overall … read more
Research published in Human Reproduction suggests that use of personal care products is linked with girls entering puberty at younger age. read more
A new study, published in Scientific Reports, examines the effects of a pregnancy test hormone’s components on the embryos of zebrafish. read more
In a new study, scientists publishing in the NEJM examine the association between breast cancer and women who currently or recently used contemporary hormonal contraceptives and women who have never used hormonal contraceptives. read more
A review of published evidence on the health effects of plant-derived compounds (phytoestrogens) similar in structure to oestrogen is published in the British Journal of Pharmacology. The review reported that, when used as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy, phytostrogens had the potential for harmful effects which are not at this stage outweighed by the health benefits. read more
A group of scientists have published their work in the New England Journal of Medicine where they attempted to analyse the effect of raising testosterone levels in older men over the age of 65 with very low testosterone levels, and reported that this had a moderate benefit regarding sexual function and some benefit with regard to mood and depressive symptoms, but not with vitality. read more
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has reported the identification in mice of a hormone able to prevent the age-associated reduction in thymus activity. The authors suggest that it might be useful in delaying the age-associated decline in immune function which is associated with ageing. read more
Publishing in the Journal of Endocrinology, scientists have used a form of gene therapy with the aim of reducing weight in rats. They report that rats which were treated with therapy which delivered the gene for the protein leptin lost weight, while rats which had a control treatment gained weight. read more
In a paper published in The Ageing Male journal, a team of researchers have worked to establish the effect of different testosterone treatments on a group of men. The paper reports that different testosterone preparations appeared equally safe over long time periods, with either no change or improvement of cardiovascular risk factors observed in the patients. read more
Hormones have been shown to control behavioural and structural changes in the body, and researchers publishing in the journal Scientific Reports have examined a possible association between levels of testosterone or cortisol, and risk taking in financial situations. read more
