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Prostate cancer may be more common among transgender women than case reports suggest, according to a study published in JAMA that estimated risk at approximately 14 cases per 10,000 people.

The FDA has released new recommendations to measure blood donor eligibility that will eliminate time-based deferrals and screening questions targeting men who have sex with men and the women who have sex with them.

On days when youth in the LGBTQ+ community reported more external and internal identity-related stressors, they also reported more intense thoughts of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury, data showed.

The United Health Foundation has awarded a 3-year, $2 million grant to Rainbow Health to address mental health disparities in underrepresented youth and young adults in Minnesota, according to a press release.

Transgender and gender-diverse patients receiving masculinizing hormone therapy have 2.5 times the rate of androgenetic alopecia incidences compared with cisgender women, according to a study.

Although gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men can serve as volunteer unrelated stem cell donors for people in need of transplants, they have long faced exclusion from donation and represent a largely untapped donor pool.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Oral minoxidil and other medications are on the rise as effective and helpful treatments for gender-affirming patients, according to a presenter at South Beach Symposium.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Dermatologists are often on the forefront of care for many gender-diverse adolescents and can benefit these patients best by fully understanding and listening while providing that care, according to a speaker here.

Transgender and nonbinary youths had greater appearance congruence — the experience that physical appearance aligns with gender —and less depression and anxiety after 2 years of gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to study data.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Zaraq Khan, MBBS, MS, FACOG, about fertility preservation options for transgender patients.