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September 11, 2023

Timely access to gender-affirming testosterone reduces risks

Transgender adults seeking testosterone therapy have better mental health outcomes with early treatment, trial shows Transgender adults who have access to timely gender-affirming testosterone therapy...

July 28, 2023

Dementia risk differs between sex and gender identity, study suggests

Dementia risk differs between sex and gender identity, study suggests: Transgender and non-binary adults may be at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease – the...

September 28, 2022

Autism diagnosis impacted by different gender emotional needs

Autism diagnosis impacted by different gender emotional needs: A new study suggests that autism diagnosis could be improved with a greater focus on the differences...

March 3, 2022

Gender-affirming hormone therapy can influence gene activity

Gender-affirming hormone therapy could influence the way a person’s genes are turned on or off, according to a new study: The research, led by the...

April 16, 2018

Gender reconstructive surgery – winning the waiting game

When it comes to gender reconstructive surgery, if you could sum-up the patient experience in one word, chances are you’d use ‘waiting’. The patient may...

August 30, 2016

Circulation: the gender divide

It's a common phenomenon; a man complains he’s feeling too hot and throws off the duvet while his female partner burrows under it and wishes she...

August 28, 2016

Handing (Back) Over the Pen

Handing (Back) Over the Pen: Afghan Women's Experiences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Violence and trauma refer to experiences, rather than inherent pathological processes, which...

April 11, 2016

Autism in the 21st Century – missing the girls.

In the 1940s, Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger separately identified a set of unusual behaviours in certain children, including strange and focussed obsessions and repetitive...