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Older transgender and gender-diverse patients on Medicare were more likely to use the ED — particularly for mental health care — than cisgender beneficiaries, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Transgender girls see most of their body composition changes occur during puberty suppression, whereas transgender boys experience greater body composition changes during gender-confirming testosterone therapy, according to study data.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual survivors of adolescent and young cancer are twice as likely to develop chronic health conditions than their heterosexual counterparts, according to a study published in Cancer.

Substantial progress has been made in decreasing cancer care disparities among sexual and gender minorities since ASCO’s 2017 position statement on the subject, according to a report published in JCO Oncology Practice.

Transgender and gender-expansive young people report worse quality of life mental health scores compared with the general U.S. population, according to study data.

Transgender people who use gender-confirming hormone therapy long term have increases in bone mineral density back to levels observed before pubertal suppression, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

DALLAS — In this Healio video exclusive, Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, discussed the importance of measuring sex, gender identity and sexual orientation for advancing health equity.

Implementing sex-specific troponin thresholds for diagnosing acute MI did not significantly affect outcomes for transgender patients, researchers reported.

In medical settings, transgender patients often must decide between facing the risks associated with transphobia and those associated with clinicians not having all possibly relevant information, according to an expert.

Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to end the stigma and recognize the disproportionate and ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS on gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.