Stop smoking, reduce alcohol, caffeine and spicy foods: Nicotine disrupts the conversion of androstenedione (a precursor hormone) to oestrogen, while alcohol can cause the blood vessels to dilate ...

Dr. Casimiro also has extensive experience providing gender-affirming hormone therapy and improving education regarding transgender medicine for endocrinology fellows. Her work with transgender ...

This 24-hour internal clock, known as your circadian rhythm, governs not just when you feel alert or drowsy, but also the precise timing of hormone release that affects virtually every aspect of ...

The first, she said, is suffering from the symptoms associated with this life phase, but is also wary of hormone therapy because she’s heard there are health risks associated with it.

Hormones are integral to regulating various bodily functions, including our emotional state. When hormones fluctuate or are imbalanced, they may cause or worsen anxiety. Anxiety involves excessive ...

At two prominent LGBTQ+ community health centers in the U.S., patients who received gender-affirming hormones were 37% less likely to be infected with HIV than those who were not taking hormones.

“The mechanisms through which GAHT improves depressive symptoms are likely biopsychosocial for TGD people, including physiologic changes in the hormone [group], reductions in gender ...

Hormones are the body’s chemical messengers. They facilitate nearly every bodily process, including metabolism, hunger, and fullness. Hormones serve as chemical messengers in your body. Because ...

Correspondence to Dr Angelica Lindén Hirschberg, Department of Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm SE-17176, Sweden; angelica.linden-hirschberg{at}sll.se ...