Andropause: the male menopause - I am very interested in osteoporosis and the andropause. I read that antiresorptive drugs, such as palmidronate, are actually counter-productive for b...

Hormones for prostate - Q:A sample from my prostate was pronounced "benign tumour" at an early stage and I have been prescribed 3.6 mg goserelin acetate (Zoladex) monthly in...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones - How accurate is bone testing? - Currently, most screening systems measure bone mineral density (BMD). Susan Ott, associate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, has w...

Hormones trigger prostate cancer? - Men may be more likely to develop prostate cancer if their mothers took pregnancy and growth hormones when they were in the womb. ...

Inhaled steroids cause spinal osteoporosis - Inhaled steroids reduce bone density in the spine of women with asthma, according to new research. ...

Hyped up hormones - A few weeks ago I attended a press conference announcing the launch of a drug, a new type of hormone replacement therapy, organized by a swanky PR com...

Alternative treatment for . . . osteoporosis - These days, the first line of pharmaceutical defence against osteoporosis is a class of drugs called ‘bisphosphonates’, including risedronate and alen...

Prostate Cancer - The most common cancer in elderly men, prostate cancer depends on male hormones called androgens, particularly testosterone. The usual management of e...