Hormone therapy - Noticias, Investigaciones y Análisis - The Conversation

Migraines are more common and intense during a woman’s reproductive years. PixelsEffect/iStock via Getty Images Plus

9 agosto 2023

Women get far more migraines than men – a neurologist explains why, and what brings relief

Danielle Wilhour, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

For women ages 18 to 49, migraines are the leading cause of disability throughout the world.

Trans teens living in a supportive family environment have a lower risk of attempting suicide or running away from home. Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images

31 julio 2023

Trans youth are significantly more likely to attempt suicide when gender dysphoria is met with conversion therapy than with hormone treatment

Travis Campbell, Southern Oregon University; Nathaniel Tran, Vanderbilt University y Samuel Mann, Vanderbilt University

Because of ethical considerations, there are no clinical trials comparing the effects of hormone therapy to conversion therapy on trans youths. But a set of recent studies tease out cause and effect.

Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children. Javier Valenzuela/EyeEm via Getty Images

27 marzo 2023

Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people

G. Samantha Rosenthal, Roanoke College

The first transgender medical clinic opened in the US in the 1960s. But cisgender and intersex children began receiving similar treatments even earlier – often without their consent.

Gender-affirming care and social support can help trans youth thrive. Jonathan Kirn/The Image Bank via Getty Images

25 febrero 2022

Transgender youth on puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones have lower rates of depression and suicidal thoughts, a new study finds

Diana Tordoff, University of Washington y Arin Collin, University of Washington

A wealth of evidence supports the protective mental health effects of gender-affirming care, despite ongoing legislation that asserts otherwise.

Our obsession with looking and feeling younger has only grown since the 20th century. Sorbis/ Shutterstock

14 mayo 2020

How 20th-century ‘rejuvenation’ techniques gave rise to the modern anti-ageing industry

James Stark, University of Leeds

At-home electrical ‘therapies’, hormone treatments, and skin ‘foods’ were just some of the popular treatments people used to look and feel younger.

Advances in breast cancer research in the last decade has introduced new treatment regimes.

31 enero 2017

How the landscape has changed in the search for a cure for breast cancer

Ronald Wasike, Aga Khan University

The chances of surviving breast cancer are improving everyday due to advanced research and new treatment techniques.

It’s not for doctors, researchers or other commentators to decide whether the risks of menopausal hormone therapy outweigh the benefits for individual women. racorn/Shutterstock

26 noviembre 2015

Here’s what you need to know about menopausal hormone therapy and cancer risk

Emily Banks, Australian National University

The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) doubles the risk of breast cancer in menopausal women. But that doesn’t mean it has no place in alleviating moderate to severe symptoms of menopause.

Gender dysphoria is when a person’s subjectively felt gender is incongruent with her or his biological sex. Purple Sherbet Photography/Flickr

4 marzo 2015

Children with gender dysphoria deserve better from the law

Malcolm Smith, Queensland University of Technology

The legal steps they’re required to take for gender dysphoria treatment places an unnecessary burden on children and their families.

Artículos sobre Hormone therapy

Mostrando todos artículos