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Dr. David Keefe, a specialist in infertility at New York University’s School of Medicine, talks about what is known, what remains unexplained and how genome sequencing is helping to reduce miscarriages.
“Most of us in the U.S. are lucky to be in the periphery,” says Kacey Ernst, an epidemiologist. “But of course with sexual transmission it doesn’t matter where you live.”
A scarcity of physicians with special training in the needs of one trans man left him giving his doctor guidance on his own testosterone dosage. “There’s a huge online community,” he says, “and luckily I knew from YouTube and Facebook what was typical.”
Dr. Howard Hodis just finished talking about this at a major annual conference on women’s health. He says HRT has definite cardiac benefits as long as it starts soon after menopause, before heart health begins to decline with age.
The disorder is more common in women and can take a toll on career prospects since, as one researcher here says, “everybody has to interact socially.” But celebrities are starting to raise awareness and the disorder is rather treatable for those who seek help.