Feminizing hormone therapy is a common way for transfeminine or gender non-binary individuals to achieve traditionally female characteristics and feel more comfortable in their own bodies. Here's how ...

Melbourne researchers have discovered gender-affirming hormone therapy can alter body proteins to match a person's gender identity, potentially affecting susceptibility to certain health conditions.

Prenatal estrogen brain development research: two studies in Early Human Development find that first-trimester maternal ...

Gender-affirming hormone therapy reduces depressive symptoms and psychological distress in transgender people, according to a groundbreaking systematic review of research in the field. The new study, ...

Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones, whereas high-income mothers masculinize their children, a major study based on finger length, led by a Swansea ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 2.6 million Americans identify as transgender, meaning their gender identity is different from the sex assigned to them at birth. When transgender people ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

The use of hormone therapy for gender transition/affirmation is based on many years of experience treating trans persons. Research on hormone therapy is providing us with more and more information on ...

Although both sexes normally secrete some female hormones (estrogens) from birth until death, by far the heaviest output is among women who are old enough to bear children. From early teens to the ...