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Isotretinoin is generally effective and well tolerated for acne treatment in patients receiving masculinizing gender-affirming care, but barriers can impede treatment success, according to a study.

The AMA announced a new policy that supports requirements for drug and device sponsors to develop diversity action plans so that women and sexual and gender minorities are adequately represented in their clinical trials.

Disparities in the care of LGBTQ+ individuals with cancer are more pervasive than previously understood, according to findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Most nonbinary people who initiated low-dose transdermal testosterone for gender affirmation continued taking doses that were lower than current guideline recommendations at 1 year, researchers reported at ENDO 2024.

Most transgender adolescents receiving a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist combined with gender-confirming hormone therapy grow to an adult height close to the reference height for their sex assigned at birth, according to study data.

Among transgender adults who received gender-confirming care as adolescents, those living in transgender-supportive states are less likely to avoid health care than those who live in unsupportive states, according to study data.

WASHINGTON — Research about how sexual orientation and gender identity impacts asthma is beginning to emerge, but gaps remain, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Adults who received tirzepatide experienced greater weight loss than those who received placebo, regardless of each patient’s length of history of obesity, according to a post-hoc analysis of four SURMOUNT trials.

Nonbinary youths report more depression and are more likely to attempt self-harm than binary transgender youths, according to study findings published in LGBT Health.

SAN DIEGO — Acne is common, iatrogenic and impactful to gender-diverse patients receiving gender-affirming care such as testosterone and should not be treated as a “transient rite of passage,” according to a speaker here.