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Health Care Costs for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome High in the U.S.

Pregnancy-related and long-term health morbidities attributable to PCOS add to overall economic burden

Patterns of Operated Cryptorchidism in France Explored

Increased incidence seen in boys younger than 7 years of age; main cluster of cases located in industrial area in Northern France

Former Anabolic Steroid Users Have Impaired Testicular Function

In former users, longer accumulated duration of anabolic androgenic steroid use was associated with lower serum INSL3

In Utero Exposures May Up Thyroid Cancer Risk in Offspring

Maternal benign thyroid conditions strongly associated with increased thyroid cancer risk in offspring

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease

Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Up for Women With PCOS

After stratification by age, no increased CVD risk for women with PCOS observed after age 50 years

The Endocrine Society, March 28-31

The Endocrine Society 102nd Annual Meeting and Expo The annual meeting of The Endocrine Society was held virtually from March 28 to 31...
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome report low health-related quality of life beyond the reproductive years

Health-Related Quality of Life Lower for Women With PCOS

The strongest contributing factor to poor health-related quality of life was mental distress
Nonfunctioning adrenal tumors or adenomas causing mild autonomous cortisol excess rarely show clinically relevant changes in size or hormone function

Adrenal Incidentalomas Rarely Grow, Change Hormone Function

Such tumors may increase risk for comorbid cardiometabolic conditions
Rare variants have been identified in the DENND1A gene that are associated with hormonal traits of polycystic ovary syndrome

Rare Variants Identified in DENND1A Gene in PCOS

Variants are associated with reproductive and metabolic traits in PCOS families
Jatenzo (testosterone undecanoate)

FDA Grants Approval for Hypogonadism Treatment

Jatenzo indicated for men with low testosterone due to certain conditions