Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) alters hormone levels, which can manage menopause symptoms. Doctors also use it to manage hormone imbalances and as part of gender affirming care. Hormone therapy has ...

While the sex hormone testosterone tends to be most associated in people’s minds with the development of male characteristics and a healthy desire for sex in both men and women, it plays other roles ...

For men, the key hormone testosterone triggers the development of the male reproductive organs during fetal development, drives puberty during adolescence, and helps maintain intimacy drive, bone ...

Compared with placebo, men who were on a testosterone gel actually had a significantly higher risk for fracture (HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.04-1.97), found Peter Snyder, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania ...