How to Use hormone therapy in a Sentence

hormone therapy

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  • How do women move forward with menopausal hormone therapy?
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • Tyler's treatment plan included hormone therapy, which was pretty effective for some time.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 21 June 2021
  • The study also found prior to hormone therapy, the transgender women did fewer push-ups than cisgender men.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021
  • For women, the 20th century became the era of hormones and hormone therapy.
    — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
  • Prisoners are suing for their right to hormone therapy and gender confirmation surgery—if deemed necessary.
    — Aviva Stahl, Wired, 8 July 2021
  • Hormone treatment is appropriate in certain cases, but for most women, long-term hormone therapy after menopause is no longer recommended.
    — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
  • Some women who receive hormone therapy might also gain cognitive benefits, but more evidence is needed to identify who should be treated.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2021
  • The physical transformation due to hormone therapy was impossible to hide.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 27 June 2021
  • Over the past 20 years, transgender prisoners have argued in lawsuits that gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery should qualify.
    — Aviva Stahl, Wired, 8 July 2021
  • She’s had this hormone therapy since her freshman year of high school.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • In the 1940s, hormone therapy emerged as a treatment option.
    — TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
  • And then there’s the red pill itself, less a metaphor for hormone therapy than a literal hormone.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Manuel chose the latter, and began hormone therapy in 2013.
    — Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Some may go on hormone therapy to help align their body with their gender identity.
    — Carla A. Pfeffer, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2022
  • At 13, Fabián was Ecuador’s boxing champion but soon gave up the sport to begin hormone therapy.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And the hormone therapy used was a high-dose hormone distilled from horse estrogens.
    — Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This is a low-dose hormone therapy that replaces some of the estrogen that’s lost during the menopausal transition.
    — Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There are greater risks for women who start hormone therapy after age 60.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In its wake, Dylan, 17, a plaintiff in a legal challenge to the ban, was confronted with the prospect of moving out of the state to continue his hormone therapy.
    — Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Grimm was assigned female at birth but legally changed his name and began hormone therapy as a freshman in high school.
    — NBC News, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Transgender girls must have completed at least one full year of hormone therapy before they are allowed to play on the girls' team.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But forcing hormone therapy or any other form of transition on a child is wrong, plain and simple.
    — Tyler O'Neil, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • His hormone therapy, which would cost about $60 to $65 per month, has always been covered by Medicaid.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Afinitor is used with a hormone therapy and blocks a protein that promotes cancer cell growth.
    — Coulter Jones and John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Wednesday's lawsuit in Texas was filed on behalf of families of three boys — two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old — who have been receiving hormone therapy.
    — CBS News, 9 June 2022
  • Last month, a 17-year-old testified that his life has been transformed by the hormone therapy he's been receiving and said ending the treatments could force his family to leave the state.
    — Andrew Demillo, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Over the past five years, she’s been in and out of the hospital for radiation, chemotherapy, surgeries and hormone therapy, as the cancer spread to her liver, lymph nodes, spine and bones.
    — Sophia Liang, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • Over the past five years, she’s been in and out of the hospital for radiation, chemotherapy, surgeries and hormone therapy, as the cancer spread to her liver, lymph nodes, spine and bones.
    — Sophia Liang, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Research has found that hormone therapy can improve the mental health of transgender adolescents and teenagers, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 June 2024
  • For instance, in prostate cancer, AI tests now have the capability to analyze digital biopsy images and patient clinical data to identify those who would benefit from hormone therapy.
    — Andre Esteva, TIME, 10 July 2024

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