Lower Education, Hepatitis C Co-Infection Linked to Earlier Menopause in HIV
In women with HIV, lower education and hepatitis C co-infection are independently associated with the onset of menopause before age 45 years.
General Endocrinology
Adolescent Girls Using Oral Contraceptives Have Higher Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms
Symptoms of depression are associated with oral contraceptive use in 16-year-old girls compared with adolescents and young women up to 25 years of age.
Stress and HPA Axis Function Interact in Adolescent Depression
According to the authors, this study distinguishes itself from others given its focus on cumulative exposure to cortisol rather than acute circulating levels.
Curcumin May Improve Adipocyte Health, Adiponectin Metabolism
Researchers conducted a meta-analysis to explore curcumin’s potential effect on serum adiponectin levels.
Borderline Personality Disorder May Increase Cardiometabolic Risk
The researchers found that both BPD features and depressive symptomatology were both related to the extent of cardiometabolic risk.
Elagolix Suppresses But Does Not Consistently Inhibit Ovulation
In healthy women with normal ovulatory function, treatment with elagolix suppressed ovulation in a dose-dependent manner and reduced endometrial thickness at doses used to treat endometriosis pain.
Metabolic Syndrome Prevalent in Patients Treated With Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics
Researchers aimed to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and other cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with severe mental illness prescribed long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications.
FDA Approves a Levonorgestrel-Releasing IUD for Pregnancy Prevention for Up to 6 Years
The FDA has approved the use of Liletta (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system; Allergan and Medicines360) for the prevention of pregnancy for up to 6 years. Previously, the progestin-containing intrauterine device was indicated for up to 5 years of use.
Thinking Outside the Lungs: Extrapulmonary Manifestations in PAH
Emerging evidence suggests that the extrapulmonary effects of pulmonary arterial hypertension may manifest in the form of vascular dysfunction in systemic circulation, metabolic/endocrine dysfunction, and skeletal and respiratory muscle dysfunction.
Physical Activity May Lower Postmenopausal Fracture Risk
For postmenopausal women, physical activity is associated with reduced risks for total fracture and hip fracture.
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