Depression is common during the transition to menopause, but which women are most at risk for major depressive disorder? Mary Sammel, PhD, co-authored a new study that shows those who experience multiple traumatic events early on are more than twice as likely, during perimenopause.

The latest Testosterone Trial results, published in JAMA and JAMA Internal Medicine, include findings on cognition, bone health, heart health and anemia. Susan Ellenberg, PhD, commented that the treatment is not likely to be a magic bullet for patients, but that it may lead to improvements for them in some areas—bone density, in particular.

The Testosterone Trials’ latest results, published in JAMA and JAMA Internal Medicine, show that testosterone treatment for men over age 65 who have low levels of the hormone offers some benefits and not others. Co-author Susan Ellenberg, PhD, commented, “I don’t think anybody would interpret these results as saying, ‘Wow, this is a fountain of youth.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer chronicles the research of Daniel Rader, MD, and Danish Saleheen, MD, into the role that cholesterol and triglycerides play in human biology—and how that in turn applies to clinical cardiology.

Adults with severe psoriasis are more than twice as likely to experience vertebral fractures, Alexis Ogdie, MD, and colleagues report in Annals of Rheumatic Disease.

Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD, speaks in depth on the Lancet podcast “United States of Health,” reviewing the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s widely anticipated report on the current evidence about marijuana. Listen to The Lancet’s podcast.

Douglas Wiebe, PhD, talks to Florida radio station WLRN about the study he and colleagues authored in the Journal of the American Medical Association, linking the rise of homicides in the state with the law.

More than 100 conclusions about the health effects of marijuana were evaluated by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. “Really, most of the therapeutic reasons people use medical marijuana aren’t substantiated beneficial effects of the plant,” commented Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD, a member of the committee that issued the NAS report.

A team of researchers, including lead author Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD, recently used everyday technology to learn about patients' activity after a concussion. The study's results, published in JAMA Pediatrics, may lead to some changes in recommendations for the recovery period after a concussion.

In The Philadelphia Inquirer, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, talked about what he sees as a huge potential to prevent the injuries that bring people to trauma centers, using a device that is "in people’s pockets every day” — a smartphone, linked to a personal Breathalyzer.