Sign here? Financial agreements may leave doctors in the driver's seat
Cass Smith-Collins jumped through hoops to get the surgery that would match his chest to his gender.
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Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction: Gender Dysphoria
Medical news and research articles
Researchers find current evidence for puberty blockers and hormone treatment for gender transition is inadequate
The evidence on the use of puberty blockers and hormones for children and young people experiencing gender related distress is wholly inadequate, making it impossible to gauge their effectiveness or their impact on mental ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Study bolsters evidence that effects of puberty blockers are reversible
Medications commonly known as puberty blockers were found to delay development of female reproductive organs but allow for restoration of reproductive functioning after the medications were withdrawn, according to a new study ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Nonbinary people have hormone therapy and surgery more often than you might think
(The authors say, throughout this article we reference people's presumed gender at birth, which may seem ironic as we are talking about people whose gender identity was assumed incorrectly. We use this to define the unmet ...
Mar 26, 2024
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What is gender-affirming care? A social worker and therapist working with trans people explains
In late January, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled policies on gender-affirming care and parental rights. These policies want to change access to medical treatments, participation in athletics, and whether transgender ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Transgender, non-binary, gender-diverse people more likely to have a long-term mental health condition, says study
The risk of having a long-term mental health condition in England is roughly one in six for transgender men and women (16.4% and 15.9% respectively) and one in ten for cisgender men and women (8.8% and 12.0%), suggests the ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Researchers find that regret is rarer than believed among patients who undergo gender affirming surgery
In a Viewpoint article published in JAMA Surgery, three Johns Hopkins researchers urge the medical community to dismiss a widely held, but scientifically unsupported belief that many people who are transgender and gender ...
Dec 28, 2023
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Pediatric endocrinologists concerned for safety amid divisive political climate
Pediatric endocrinologists are concerned for their safety and their ability to provide evidenced-based care to transgender and gender-diverse adolescents amid political divides over gender-affirming care, according to a paper, ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Transgender adults seeking testosterone therapy found to have better mental health outcomes with early treatment
Transgender adults who have access to timely gender-affirming testosterone therapy had a significantly reduced risk of gender dysphoria, depression and suicidality, a University of Melbourne-led clinical trial has found.
Sep 8, 2023
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Bullying, suicidal thoughts linked to more frequent headaches in teens
Teens who have been bullied by their peers, or who have considered or attempted suicide, may be more likely to have more frequent headaches than teens who have not experienced any of these problems, according to a study published ...
Aug 2, 2023
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