Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

Medical school professor finds lack of transgender research

Started by stephaniec, April 25, 2016, 05:08:17 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

stephaniec

April 25, 2016, 05:08:17 AM
Medical school professor finds lack of transgender research

http://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/04/24/medical-school-professor-finds-lack-of-transgender-research/

Gwhatchet/by  Lillianna Byington | Contributing News Editor   Issue:  April 24, 2016  | News

"A medical school professor wants to provide better care for transgender patients.

Michael Irwig, an associate professor of medicine and the director of the Center for Andrology, published a paper last week outlining the desired and undesired effects of testosterone therapy for transgender men. Transgender medicine researchers said doctors need more research to better understand how to treat transgender patients."

  •  

suzifrommd

#1
April 25, 2016, 05:44:50 AM
I heartily agree. It's an embarrassment how little the medical community knows about transgender people and the effects of transgender care. Thanks for finding this article, Stephanie.
Have you read my short story The Eve of Triumph?
  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions