by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTransgender women are still at risk for prostate cancer. A new study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators, published in JAMA concludes that current screening guidelines could miss early-stage prostate cancer in transgender women on hormone therapy. The prostate, a small gland that helps make semen, also produces a...
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Best practices suggested for psychiatric care of transgender and gender-diverse people
by Wolters Kluwer Health Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn caring for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people, psychiatrists should focus on alleviating the sequelae of gender minority stress, with the goal of promoting resilience, according to a review published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry. “We envision a role for psychiatry that goes beyond gatekeeping gender-affirming hormone therapy and...
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Transgender women are still at risk for prostate cancer
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Transgender women keep their prostates even after gender-affirming surgery, but the extent to which they remain at risk of prostate cancer has been unclear. Now a first of its kind study led by UC San Francisco has estimated the risk at about 14 cases per 10,000...
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Mortality risk in transgender people twice as high as cisgender people, data spanning five decades suggests
Retrospective analysis of data from 4,568 transgender people in the Netherlands recorded between 1972 and 2018 indicates an approximately two-fold increased mortality risk compared with cis men and cis women that did not decrease over time. Increased mortality among transgender women compared to cis men and cis women showed greater risks of death due to...
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How does hormone therapy affect heart health in transgender people?
Cardiovascular health in transgender people requires a multifaceted approach to care, according to a new report that looked at a range of issues in how hormone therapy affects heart health. The study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, set out to create a guidepost for future medical care by examining past research...