Hypogonadism Resource Center News

• AACE 2022 Abaloparatide Works in 'Ignored Population': Men With Osteoporosis Study finds increased bone mineral density from baseline to 1 year in men with osteoporosis, an 'ignored population.'
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• You Want Me to Tan My WHAT, Tucker Carlson? Doctors say the answer is simple: Absolutely not.
  WebMD Health News, April 21, 2022
• Stem Cell Transplant to Generate Testosterone for Hypogonadism? Men with late-onset hypogonadism could eventually be treated with stem cells programmed to develop into Leydig cells that secrete testosterone, suggests a new Japanese study.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2021
• Low Testosterone in Kidney Transplant Recipients Tied to Diabetes Low androgen levels appear to be linked to the development of post-transplantation diabetes mellitus in male kidney transplant recipients, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2021
• ADA 2021 Testosterone Therapy for Hypogonadism With Diabetes? Nonrandomized 12-year data do not provide hard conclusions about testosterone benefit vs risk for men with low T and diabetes; one RCT has been published, but the jury is still out on safety.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• EAU 2021 Testosterone Replacement Shows CV Benefit in Hypogonadal Men Among men with hypogonadism who received testosterone replacement every 3 months, cardiovascular parameters were better and there were fewer deaths from heart attacks of strokes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2021
• Low Testosterone Linked to Worse COVID Outcome Hypogonadism present at hospital admission for COVID-19 is independently associated with poor outcome, finds a new study from Italy.
  Reuters Health Information, July 08, 2021
• Lower Testosterone in Men Tied to Severe COVID Cases It has been known for some time that men are more likely to get severe COVID-19 than women. Now new research shows that men with the lowest levels of testosterone fare the worst in the pandemic.
  WebMD Health News, May 27, 2021
• ACOG 2021 Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Requires Long-term Management Women with primary ovarian insufficiency may experience some intermittent ovarian function, experts report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2021
• Pregnancy After Pioneering Treatment for Early Menopause In a small pilot study, patients who received direct injections into their ovaries of a platelet-rich plasma/gonadotropin combo showed important improvements in ovarian function, with one clinical pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2021
• Testosterone Decline After Steroid Abuse Shown by New Biomarker Levels of insulinlike factor 3 drop noticeably in men who have abused anabolic androgenic steroids.
  Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2021
• ENDO 2021 Large Study Finds Trans Men on Testosterone at Risk for Blood Clots Transgender men who take testosterone are at risk of developing erythrocytosis and future thrombotic events, especially if they smoke and are overweight, finds large 20-year study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• Novel Oral Testosterone Therapy Headed to FDA Marius Pharmaceuticals has submitted a new drug application for Kyzatrex, an oral testosterone replacement therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 01, 2021
• Fauci's Daughters Won't Visit Him for Thanksgiving "Dad, you know you're a young, vigorous guy," Fauci said his daughters told him. "But you're 79 years old."
  WebMD Health News, October 09, 2020
• AAPM 2020 Long-term Opioid Use in Men Linked to Hypogonadism Maximum morphine equivalent daily dose and the odds of developing hypogonadism in men taking long-term opioids.
  Medscape Medical News, March 09, 2020
• New Guideline for Testosterone Treatment in Men With 'Low T' A clinical guideline from the American College of Physicians advises that clinicians should initiate testosterone treatment in men with age-related low testosterone only to manage sexual dysfunction.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2020
• NFL Concussions Linked to Low Testosterone, Erectile Dysfunction Researchers make a strong play that multiple concussions in former football players are associated with a greater likelihood of lower testosterone levels and erectile dysfunction later in life.
  Medscape Medical News, August 28, 2019
• Testosterone Therapy Paradox? CV Events Up, Mortality Down New research in more than 15,000 middle-aged and older British men suggests testosterone therapy may reduce the risk for death, despite an uptick in the risks for stroke and MI.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2019
• Testosterone Prevents Progression to Diabetes in Hypogonadal Men Hypogonadal men with prediabetes could halt their progression to type 2 diabetes and return to normoglycemia with testosterone therapy, in results described as 'dramatic' and likely to have 'impact.'
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2019
• EAU 2019 Overturning Dogma -- Using Testosterone in Prostate Cancer Testosterone replacement therapy decreased the risk for biochemical recurrence in some men and delayed time to recurrence in others, findings that took investigators by surprise.
  Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2019