transgender tag - The Hippocratic Post

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...

May 17, 2022

Transgender mental health in crisis

Transgender mental health in crisis, but support groups desperately underfunded: Australia’s transgender (trans) community is experiencing depression and thoughts of self-harm at levels never before...

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...

October 22, 2019

Caution Advised in Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

A number of recent cases suggest that sex reassignment surgeries remain the most controversial tool of gender transitioning due to their irreversibility. Therefore the surgeons...

June 19, 2019

Psychiatric Assessments Creating Depression and Suicide among Trans Patients

Around forty per cent of transgender people have attempted to take their own lives at some point in time. That’s a shocking, harrowing statistic, supplied...

June 12, 2016

Sculpting the transgender body

Caitlyn Jenner in the US has helped to transform attitudes to transgender people and we are seeing the results in our surgery. Many more people...