Hormone biology

18 01, 2025

Cortisol, stress and chronic disease: what’s the connection?

2025-01-20T20:59:19+10:00January 18th, 2025|Categories: Adrenal gland, Hormone biology, Lifestyle|Tags: , , |

If you don’t already have enough to worry about, have you ever thought about how stress is really bad for you? We usually think of stress as a mental thing, but the feeling of [...]

16 12, 2024

Don’t buy testosterone online from strangers on the internet

2024-12-16T13:32:19+10:00December 16th, 2024|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Men’s health, Reproductive health|Tags: , , , , |

It feels hypocritical to warn you about buying testosterone online when testosterone replacement therapy has made such a huge difference in my life. The benefit for me was instant – better energy, better mood, [...]

8 10, 2024

How obesity affects your sperm and fertility

2024-10-08T14:23:15+10:00October 8th, 2024|Categories: Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Men’s health, Obesity, Research Updates|Tags: , , , |

It turns out that when it comes to fertility, size does matter – but maybe not in the way we all assumed. Every day it feels like there’s some new advice for would-be dads [...]

6 06, 2024

Ania vs Cushing’s Disease: a patient’s story

2024-06-06T19:20:00+10:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Pituitary gland|Tags: , , , |

While other journalists might be on the hunt for a cushy job, Ania Stepien is on a different mission—she’s searching for a Cushing's job. Cushing’s disease is a rare condition that can take years [...]

22 11, 2023

An overview of current and future medications for obesity

2023-11-22T23:11:08+10:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , , |

Obesity is a chronic health condition affecting nearly a third of Australians. As a risk factor for illness and death it’s second only to smoking. Holding excess weight has been linked to 30 diseases [...]

26 10, 2023

New diabetes drug Mounjaro approved by the TGA

2023-10-26T18:27:28+10:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies|Tags: , , , |

A new drug to treat Type 2 Diabetes has been approved by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration and is now available in Australian pharmacies. Australia now joins the US, the EU and Canada in offering [...]

24 08, 2023

Testosterone replacement therapy for older men might be safer than we thought

2023-08-24T19:52:08+10:00August 24th, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , |

For years, people taking testosterone replacement therapy were advised that it could be bad for their hearts and lead to troubled tickers down the road. However, a new study has found that older men [...]

17 04, 2023

2022 Endocrine Society of Australia Award Winners

2024-01-12T13:11:31+10:00April 17th, 2023|Categories: Community, Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|

Gail Risbridger Junior Scientist Award Winner Ben Lawrence When he’s not cheering on the Newcastle Jets or hanging out with his black labrador Mabel, Ben Lawrence is in the lab and kicking goals with [...]

20 03, 2023

AVP-deficiency (AVP-D) – a new name for Diabetes Insipidus

2023-04-15T15:06:17+10:00March 20th, 2023|Categories: Diabetes, Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Pituitary gland, Research Updates|

In a world without microscopes, diseases were known by their observable symptoms. Unbeknownst to the Ancient Greek physicians who coined the term, the name ‘diabetes’ (meaning ‘a siphon passing water’) lumped together several conditions [...]

9 08, 2022

2021 Endocrine Society of Australia Award Winners

2022-08-09T15:57:43+10:00August 9th, 2022|Categories: Hormone biology, Men’s health, Reproductive health, Research Updates|Tags: |

2021 Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award Dr Sarah Catford was awarded the Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia held in November 2021. This award recognises [...]

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