Endocrinology

• Clinical Advances in Pediatric Endocrinology: Focus on: Growth Hormone Deficiency

• June 1, 2009
• Introduction
  Growth hormone therapy has been available for 50 years, and with that milestone came the dawn of a new era in diagnosing and managing patients...More »

• In the Journals

• Vasomotor symptoms may persist more than five years in menopausal women

• Endocrine Today, June 2009
• The duration of vasomotor symptoms in middle-aged women may continue for more than five years, according to a reanalysis of data from the Melbourne...More »

• In the Journals

• Tapering off hormone therapy associated with decreased menopausal symptom scores

• May 20, 2009
• A decrease in the recurrence of menopausal symptoms after discontinuation of hormone therapy was found among women who tapered off therapy vs. women who...More »

• FDA calls for labeling changes, medication guides for two topical testosterone gels

• May 7, 2009
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is requiring manufacturers of two prescription topical testosterone gel products, AndroGel...More »

• HT decreased risk for colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women

• May 1, 2009
• American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting
  Postmenopausal hormone therapy use was associated with a 28% lower risk for colorectal cancer...More »

• Editorial

• Understanding alternatives for estrogen preparations

• Endocrine Today, April 2009
  Eileen Durham, C-PNP, MSN, RN
• A 15-year-old girl with Turner syndrome presented to our hospital with a dilemma: She was on growth hormone and needed to start estrogen replacement.
  The...More »

• In the Journals

• OGTT ineffective for assessing biochemical control in certain patients

• February 24, 2009
• In patients treated with somatostatin analog therapy, using an oral glucose tolerance test provided no benefit for assessing disease status, according to...More »

• In the Journals

• Estrogen plus progestin use showed greatest reduction in cancer risk

• January 26, 2009
• Sequential estrogen plus progestin use was associated with the largest overall risk reduction for colorectal cancer compared with other hormone therapy...More »

• In the Journals

• GH not beneficial for treatment of ALS

• Endocrine Today, January 2009
• Insulin-like growth factor type 1 provided no benefit for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Results from the two-year study, published in...More »

• In the Journals

• Different changes in postmenopausal hemostasis measure with, without concomitant progestogen

• December 17, 2008
• Results from the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Intervention study revealed that postmenopausal women receiving conjugated equine estrogens experienced...More »

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