Perhaps one of the most misunderstood elements of gender-affirming care is hormone therapy. (Getty Images; Illustration by Victoria Ellis for Yahoo) Of course, Tyson is far from the only person to use ...

The transgender community is a vulnerable population at increased risk for a number of adverse health outcomes including surgical complications, development of cancers, and chronic disease. In ...

PAU, France — Transgender patients on hormone therapy have an increased mortality risk, compared with the general population, and so must be closely monitored, especially in terms of cardiovascular ...

Two decades after the Women’s Health Initiative study, evolving research on menopause hormone therapy is shedding new light ...

Women should not suffer through menopause with hot flashes, night sweats and poor sleep. That's the message from FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary. The agency announced it will remove "black box" ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a medical treatment that aims to alleviate the symptoms of menopause by replenishing hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which naturally decrease as women age ...

Many doctors are hesitant to prescribe hormone replacement therapy and many women are fearful about taking it. But why? (Pete Thompson/Gallery Stock) Menopause symptoms — and how severe they are — ...

In this MedPage Today interview, Rachel Weinerman, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals in Cleveland, explains why menopause hormone therapy ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) balances a woman’s hormones as she nears or enters menopause. During menopause, the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which regulate the female reproductive system, ...

Allison Aubrey is a Washington-based correspondent for NPR News, where her stories can be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She has reported extensively on the coronavirus pandemic ...