Reproductive Endocrinology
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Immune dysregulation may drive long-term postpartum depression
"This work highlights the need for standardized and continual depression and anxiety screening in ob.gyn. and primary care settings."
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Getting testosterone online is easy. Solid advice, not so much
‘Secret shopper’ study showed that most websites appear to ignore red flags for prescriptions of the hormone.
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Consider quality of life, comorbidities in hidradenitis suppurativa
Expert shares tips to optimize management of this challenging condition.
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Giving birth may permanently alter a mother’s bones
Female primates who had been pregnant showed lower levels of calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous in their bones.
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Link between PCOS and increased risk of pancreatic cancer?
“These data suggest some individuals may have unknown metabolic derangements that may underlie the development of both conditions.”
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Testosterone ranges for young men could help classify deficiency
For young men complaining of hypogonadal symptoms, new reference testosterone ranges may have clinical use, but experts have their doubts.
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Nicotine blocks estrogen production in women’s brains
There is evidence to suggest that there is a complex interaction between sex and steroid hormones and the reward effect of nicotine, modulated by...
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BMI and reproduction – weighing the evidence
Female obesity is related to poorer outcomes in natural and assisted conception, including an increased risk of miscarriage.
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Early estrogen loss increases cardiovascular risk in women
Clinicians should especially be aware of functional hypothalamic amenorrhea as a condition that could increase women’s risk of cardiovascular...
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It’s about location: PCOS symptoms differ depending where you live
Women with PCOS in California were more likely to have hyperandrogenemia than were those in Alabama, but age and BMI weren’t factors, nor was race...
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Children born from frozen embryos may have increased cancer risk
The results, however, “should be interpreted cautiously,” the authors noted, given the low number of cancer cases reported among children born...