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2. What is hormone therapy for transgender people? Experts ... - AOL

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   For transgender men on testosterone, physical changes include achieving a more masculine appearance (resulting in facial hair, a lower voice and other desired effects), while for transgender women ...

3. Feminizing hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   GnRH modulators are highly effective for testosterone suppression in transgender women and have few or no side effects when sex hormone deficiency is avoided with concomitant estrogen therapy. [ 1 ] [ 182 ] However, GnRH modulators tend to be very expensive (typically US$10,000 to US$15,000 per year in the United States ), and are often denied ...

4. Gender-affirming hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.

5. Polyestradiol phosphate - Wikipedia

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   Polyestradiol phosphate (PEP), sold under the brand name Estradurin, is an estrogen medication which is used primarily in the treatment of prostate cancer in men. [1] [9] [2] [10] It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, as a component of hormone therapy to treat low estrogen levels and menopausal symptoms, and as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women.

6. Estradiol benzoate - Wikipedia

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   Estradiol benzoate (EB), sold under the brand name Progynon-B among others, is an estrogen medication which is used in hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms and low estrogen levels in women, in hormone therapy for transgender women, and in the treatment of gynecological disorders. [8] [12] [13] It is also used in the treatment of prostate ...

7. Estrogen (medication) - Wikipedia

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   An estrogen (E) is a type of medication which is used most commonly in hormonal birth control and menopausal hormone therapy, and as part of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women. [1] They can also be used in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer and for various other indications.

8. Medical uses of bicalutamide - Wikipedia

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   Unlike various other antiandrogens, bicalutamide when used as a monotherapy significantly increases testosterone and estradiol levels in individuals assigned male at birth, and hence can have indirect estrogenic effects in transgender women. [93] [110] [100] This is desirable in transgender women, as it can help promote feminization.

9. Severe menopause symptoms linked to mild cognitive impairment

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   A study recently published in the journal Menopause has now found that more severe menopause symptoms were associated with mild cognitive impairment in an analysis of 1,287 postmenopausal Latin ...