The effects of gender‐affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) on sex hormone‐dependent tumours are unclear. Therefore, this review seeks to determine whether tumour risk in transgender individuals differs from the general population, to guide clinical screening recommendations. Methods: We performed a ...
"Gender-affirming hormone therapy appears to have greater benefits than risks for transgender adolescents and young adults," said Nicole L. Mihalopoulos, M.D., M.P.H, chief of the division of adolescent medicine at the University of Utah and principal investigator of the study. "For some peo...
“Looking at a person’s medical and family history should definitely be part of the screening protocol before they even start hormone replacement therapy,” Ahmed said. “It is also important that people considering this therapy are made aware of all the risks.” One limitation of ...
In addition, studies of cardiovascular complications of transgender hormone therapy are limited in number and complicated by poor control of medication regimen, presence of gender confirming surgery, use of prescribed medications for prevailing conditions, and alcohol, smoking or illicit substance use, ...
Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) – sometimes referred to as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) aims to align the characteristics of an individual with their gender identity. We follow an informed consent model to give you the mainstay of GAHT: intramuscular injections of bioidentical formula...
Gender affirming hormone therapy may be associated with a change in migraine and unique risks (including ischemic stroke with high dose estrogen). Summary There are key differences in migraine epidemiology and symptomatology, thought to be driven at least in part by sex hormones which influence ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New evidence shows that people who have undergone gender-affirming hormone therapy report high grades of satisfaction with both the physical and psychological effects. A new study on this topic, carried out by researchers in Portugal, was presented on May 21 at the 24th...
Hormone therapy dosing behaviors (outcome) Hormone-dosing behaviors were assessed via two questions that asked respondents [1] how often they take more hormones than prescribed; and [2] how often they take less hormones than prescribed. The questionnaire provided the following definition: “taking wh...
and biologics) has not been unequivocally proven in pregnancy, they have now been used successfully for decades. Overall, evidence indicates asthma medications are safe in pregnancy, and their use is justified, as the benefits of good symptom control markedly outweigh the potential risks to mother ...
suggest that adult gerontology primary care and family nurse practitioner programs led by faculty members with more progressive and/or less traditional views of sex and gender may be more likely to champion the integration of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) into their program's curriculum. ...