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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.
Observational studies of systemic HRT after breast cancer are generally reassuring. If HRT is necessary after breast cancer, estrogen-only therapy or estrogen therapy with a progestogen may be safer options than combined systemic therapy. [71] In women who are BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers, HRT does not appear to impact breast cancer risk. [72]
[1] [3] According to a 2022 review, at the low end, 11% of Ontarian transgender people report having used DIY HRT; at the other extreme, 79% of trans women from Rio de Janeiro have done the same. In between lie London at 31% of transgender people, and 49% of trans women in San Francisco. [ 1 ]
Louise Newson runs Newson Health, a private firm supplying HRT to women going through the menopause and perimenopause. TV medic defends herself against claims she prescribes too-high doses of HRT ...
Gynoid fat contributes toward the female body shape that girls begin to develop at puberty; it is stored in the hips, thighs and bottom. [7] This process is modulated by estrogen, the female sex hormone, causing the female form to store higher levels of fat than the male form, which is affected primarily by testosterone.
Gynoid fat will accumulate in the hips, lower belly, thighs, buttocks, pubis, upper arms, and breasts while the body burns fat in the ribcage, upper waist, shoulders, and back. [299] However, fat will not simply move from one spot to another. There must be sufficient caloric intake to deposit gynoid fat, and sufficient activity to burn android fat.
Free advertising-supported streaming television (FAST) is a category of streaming television services which offer traditional linear television programming ("live TV") and studio-produced movies without a paid subscription, funded exclusively by advertising akin to over-the-air or cable TV stations.
Estrogen is the predominant sex hormone that slows bone loss (even in men). Both estrogen and testosterone help stimulate bone formation (T, especially at puberty). Testosterone may cause an increase in cortical bone thickness in transgender men (however this does not necessarily translate to a greater mechanical stability).