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New male contraceptive does not involve hormones

Medical Xpress

A team of researchers at a company called Contraline has developed a new kind of male contraceptive. Instead of using hormones to disrupt sperm production, the new technique involves placing a hydrogel called ADAM into the vas deferens to prevent sperm from making its way to the urethra.

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For The First Time, Scientists Showed Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation

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The constant ebb and flow of hormones that guide the menstrual cycle don’t just affect reproductive anatomy. Led by neuroscientists Elizabeth Rizor and Viktoriya Babenko of the University of California Santa Barbara, a team of researchers tracked 30 women […]

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Alzheimer’s Is More Common in Women, And This May Help Explain Why

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Yet researchers have suspected there could be more to the story. Now two new studies raise the possibility of complex interactions between hormones and […]

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Pfizer’s Ngenla Approved as Once-Weekly Treatment for Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)

XTalks

Pfizer has been going strong on the approval front, having secured its fifth US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the past five weeks, with the most recent being for the company’s once-weekly human growth hormone analog Ngenla (somatrogon-ghla).

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New Breakthrough Points to a Future Treatment For Morning Sickness

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

New research by our team has identified sensitivity to a hormone made in abundance by the developing pregnancy, GDF15, […] Sickness in pregnancy, or hyperemesis gravidarum, is common and is thought to affect seven out of ten women at some time in their pregnancy.

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Doctor Reveals What Happens When You Stop Taking Ozempic

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Semaglutide (sold as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (sold as Zepbound and Mounjaro) are the most well known in the class of drugs that mimic hormones to reduce feelings of hunger. Drugs like Ozempic are very effective at helping most people who take them lose weight. But does weight come back when you stop using […]

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Astellas’ nonhormonal hot flashes treatment Veozah wins FDA nod

Pharmaceutical Technology

The drug’s application was based on clinical data from the BRIGHT SKY program , which included the SKYLIGHT 1 (NCT04003155) and SKYLIGHT 2 (NCT04003142) trials. Prior to Veozah’s approval, available treatments for hot flashes included hormone replacement therapy, which consisted of either combined oestrogen and progestogen or oestrogen.

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