Transgender Youth on Hormone Therapy Risk Substantial Bone Loss - Medscape

7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Ted Bosworth
by Ted Bosworth
It appears that bone health deserves attention when adolescents are placed on gender-affirming hormone therapy.
ATLANTA Among transgender youth who receive puberty-delaying or gender-affirming hormone therapy, bone mineral density (BMD) is lower relative to age-based norms, and this is true regardless of gende… [+5377 chars]
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