Much research has been undertaken on hormones and the key role nutrition can play in restoring optimal hormone levels. Below are links to some key clinical research papers published on this issue.

Testosterone Deficiency in Men: Identifying the Risks

Testosterone deficiency is an underreported and underrecognized cause of diminished quality of life in adult men. It is also a significant health risk. Although the classic symptoms of male hypogonadism are loss of libido and fatigue, this condition is associated with adverse effects on almost every tissue system, including the skeleton, the cardiovasculature and the central nervous system. The diagnosis and treatment of androgen deficiency is driven by the goal of controlling (…) Read more…

Managing Prediabetes: Lifestyle Changes and Novel Preventive Interventions

Barcelona – Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is already a major health problem and it is expected to get worse in the coming years. Patients with T2DM have passed through a prediabetic state, defined as impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance. Delegates at this year’s congress learned of possible interventions in individuals with prediabetes to prevent clinically manifest diabetes. Lifestyle interventions are and will remain the cornerstone of management of these individuals and (…) Read more…

Improving and Extending Management of Osteoporosis

Porto – Like most diseases that affect older people, osteoporosis will become increasingly prevalent with future demographic shifts, experts reported here this week. Given that half of all postmenopausal women will experience fractures, consequences in terms of increased morbidity and mortality could be dramatic. Fortunately, management of osteoporosis has been bolstered in recent years by use of nitrogenous-containing bisphosphonates, which increase bone mineral density Read more…