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Hormone therapy has been proven to reverse bone loss and help to prevent vertebral fractures, recent studies suggest its use can help to decrease the risk of developing age related kyphosis. Â Researchers have found that hormone therapy use is associated with a reduction in the risk of vertebral fracture. This study reinforces those findings …
Testosterone gel improves performance on a specific cognitive task, among postmenopausal women with normal cognitive function. A testosterone gel applied daily may improve cognitive performance in postmenopausal women, suggests research completed by a team at Monash University (Australia). Susan Davis and colleagues studied 92 healthy postmenopausal women, ages 55 to 65 years, who were not …
Among men with prostate cancer who are treated with hormone therapy to suppress tumor growth, being obese may elevate the risk of their prostate cancer worsening. Further advancing the evidence for a causal relationship between obesity and prostate cancer, researchers at Duke University Medical Center report that among men with prostate cancer who are treated …