Prostate cancer hormone replacement therapy is also known as androgen deprivation therapy. The primary goal of prostrate hormone replacement therapy is to stop male hormones androgen from affecting prostate cancer cells Continue reading →

The data is old, it is not relevant to the hormone therapy regimens used to treat women today, it is observational (which usually means the effects are overestimated) and it is from studies with inherent bias, Professor Davis said. Curry's promotional material suggested use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) had been found to be "dramatically increasing" breast cancer risk by the review, published in The Lancet last month Continue reading →

Adrenal gland transplants resulted in complete resolution of Cushings disease symptoms after no long-lasting benefits were seen with pituitary surgery, according to a new long-term study in four patients. The procedure also enabled lower doses of hormone replacement therapy, the findings showed. The research, Autologous Adrenal Transplantation for the Treatment of Refractory Cushings Disease, was published in the journal Urologia Internationalis Continue reading →

Posted: Sep 17, 2019 / 03:46 PM HST / Updated: Sep 17, 2019 / 03:46 PM HST Bruno Pucci // ONE Championship The path to greatness for Bruno Pucci has never been an easy one. Continue reading →

What you should already know Osteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass, deterioration of bone tissue and disruption of bone microarchitecture, causing compromised bone strength and increased susceptibility to fracture. It is estimated that 536,000 new fragility fractures were sustained in the UK in 2010 causing an economic burden of nearly 4.4 billion, and this is predicted to rise.1 Women are affected more than men due to increased bone loss postmenopausally. The prevalence of osteoporosis in women is 2% at 50 years and 25% at 80 years.2 Osteoporosis is preventable and treatable but asymptomatic until fracture occurs, therefore it is important to identify at risk patients in order to intervene before this happens. Continue reading →

I was 23 years old when I met my first boyfriend, a cisgender, bisexual, curly-haired boy who moved to my city in North Carolina from Chicago he was charming and handsome with looks akin to Timothe Chalamet and was a social extrovert by all definitions. I was early in my transition, having just started hormone replacement therapy and came out as a transgender woman five months prior. Looking back on our nine-month relationship, I can see now that I didnt recognize the red flags: 1) text messages that would go without response for a week, 2) he would only see me on weekends, 3) I was always kept a secret, never a topic of public conversation, and 4) our relationship was purely physical, centered around my body, which was preoperative at the time Continue reading →