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Menopausal hormone therapy not associated with increased dementia risk

The findings of this retrospective study in the United Kingdom should reassure women taking menopausal hormonal therapy but do not support its use to prevent dementia, a linked opinion piece said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/05/5.htm
5 Oct 2021

Points on providing gender-affirming care

There are simple things that physicians can do, regardless of their practice setting, to communicate to patients that they are safe in the clinical space.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/points-on-providing-gender-affirming-care.htm
1 Feb 2024

Insomnia symptoms, short sleep duration in midlife women linked to CVD risk

Persistent insomnia symptoms, alone and combined with short sleep duration, in women ages 42 to 52 years were associated with a subsequent 70% to 75% increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/02/06/2.htm
6 Feb 2024

Consider menopause's impact ‘beyond the bikini area’

While 80% of women have menopausal vasomotor symptoms, 70% of them go untreated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/consider-menopauses-impact-beyond-the-bikini-area.htm
1 Sep 2023

Menopausal hormone therapy linked to breast cancer risk

An individual patient-level meta-analysis found that risk for breast cancer increased steadily with duration of use for all types of menopausal hormone therapy except vaginal estrogen and that risk was higher with estrogen-progestogen than estrogen-only formulations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/10/1.htm
10 Sep 2019

Manage symptoms of menopause

As a clinical diagnosis with several effective treatments, genitourinary syndrome of menopause falls within the internal medicine physician's broad domain.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/manage-symptoms-of-menopause.htm
1 Jul 2023

Study compares after-effects of prostatectomy, active surveillance, radiation, hormone therapy for prostate cancer

Estimates of long-term bowel, bladder, and sexual function after localized prostate cancer treatment may enable men to make informed choices about care, the authors said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/28/4.htm
28 Jan 2020

New guidance issued on breast cancer screening, hormone therapy

Among other recommendations, screening mammography should be offered to women at average risk of breast cancer starting at age 40 years, and a shared decision-making process should be used to decide about the age to begin mammography screening.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/27/1.htm
27 Jun 2017

Hormone therapy stirs debate 10 years after WHI

The Women's Health Initiative dramatically decreased hormone therapy for menopause, but 10 years later, the “knee-jerk” reaction has become more nuanced in how the regimen can be used.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/hormones.htm
1 Sep 2012

MKSAP Quiz: Risks of gender dysphoria treatment

A 37-year-old transgender woman (genetic male, identifies as a female) requests feminizing hormone therapy. She was diagnosed with gender dysphoria by her psychiatrist in accordance with DSM-5 criteria. Following lab studies, what treatment risks should be reviewed with the patient?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/06/06/3.htm
6 Jun 2023

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