Lgbtq

Less than 0.1% of adolescents in the United States identified as transgender or gender diverse and received puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones, according to study findings published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.

Adolescents who identified as transgender or gender diverse appeared to be less physically active compared with those who identified as cisgender, a cross-sectional analysis in the Annals of Epidemiology showed.

Sexual and gender minority physicians and trainees had a higher likelihood for burnout and lack of professional fulfillment compared with their straight, cisgender colleagues, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

A survey of patients with CVD in Sweden revealed that of 78% of respondents cited a desire for information on sexual health, yet only 5% reported receiving this information.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual U.S. veterans had significantly higher odds for prevalent atherosclerotic CVD compared with their heterosexual peers, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

ORLANDO — A speaker at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting highlighted the importance of dermatologists using correct pronouns when talking to their transgender or nonbinary patients.

DENVER — Bilateral oophorectomy was common during gender-affirming hysterectomy and associated with younger age, prior testosterone use and male identity, according to study results presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

DENVER — LGBTQ+ service members reported various barriers in both knowledge of and access to reproductive services while in the military, according to survey results presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

Self-identifying transgender individuals assigned female at birth face three key barriers when seeking care for breast or gynecologic cancers, according to results of a qualitative study published in JAMA Network Open.

LGBTQ+ people may be more likely to experience adverse brain health outcomes, including late-life depression and dementia, compared with cisgender straight people, according to study results published in Neurology.