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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.
The other study found elevated risk of heart attacks among self-identified transgender men—which persisted even after adjusting for age, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and exercise—though the study did not include data about whether the subjects were undergoing hormone therapy and did ...
The effect of feminizing hormone therapy on fertility is not clear, but it is known that testosterone suppression can prevent sperm production. [302] The age of starting and stopping hormone therapy seems to be a significant factor, but no direct causation has been found between length of treatment and ability to reproduce. [303] [304]
Though research thus far has been substantial, further investigation is needed to fully understand differences in effect for different types of HRT and lengths of time since menopause. [122] [123] [35] As of 2023, for example, no trial has studied women who begin taking HRT around age 50 and continue taking it for longer than 10 years. [124]
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Sleep is essential when managing or trying to ward off high blood pressure. A 2024 study linked getting too few hours of shut-eye with high blood pressure. However, some blood pressure medications ...
"Your blood pressure is supposed to be under 140 over 90, optimally closer to 120 over 80."
Cyproterone acetate (CPA), sold alone under the brand name Androcur or with ethinylestradiol under the brand names Diane or Diane-35 among others, is an antiandrogen and progestin medication used in the treatment of androgen-dependent conditions such as acne, excessive body hair growth, early puberty, and prostate cancer, as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender individuals ...