Being transgender no longer about surgery in NY
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Jay Kallio knew at age 4. For Justine Nicholas, the revelation came in kindergarten. Nature had dealt them a confusing anatomy. The genders they were assigned at birth were all wrong.
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The impact of the women&#39;s rights movement changed women&#39;s care -- making formerly taboo topics now a part of everyday medicine.
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With its large, open transgender population, Bangkok is a haven for foreigners in search of acceptance and gender reassignment surgery at a cheap price.
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Although the number of diabetes-related deaths increased in 2003 in New York City, the number of HIV/AIDS-related deaths in the city decreased and fewer teenage girls gave birth last year, according to an annual vital statistics summary released Wednesday
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The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously yesterday to require the city's roughly 20,000 restaurants to stop cooking with trans fats, making New York the first major U.S. city to adopt such a ban.
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Children who do not conform to gender norms are being supported in their choice by parents and doctors.
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The health departmentÂs new limits have thrust New York City into the forefront of efforts to reduce the consumption of artificial trans fats.
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NEW YORK Men with sexual dysfunction have gotten help in the form of a pill. Now women with sexual dysfunction may get help in the form of a patch.
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NEW YORK  - Women with breast cancer faced with treatment decisions are often not told by their surgeons about the possibility of breast reconstruction after a mastectomy, a study confirms. When these conversations do occur, many more women choose mastectomy, researchers found.
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US authorities are to allow women to choose silicone implants for breast surgery, ending a 14-year ban.
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New York City's health department on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would have allowed transgender people to switch the gender on their birth certificates without a sex-change operation.
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A survey that was released Tuesday reports there is a big difference in how much people pay for prescription drugs in New York.
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Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has decided to have surgery in the United States, a close ally said Sunday amid news reports that the ailing media mogul would get a pacemaker.
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New York State is moving to officially recognize same-sex marriages from Canada for the first time, at least in one limited area: State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi has ruled
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The 58-year-old Brookfield resident had a mammogram, which led to the detection of a cancerous lump in her breast. At about noon on Monday, she had a mastectomy and reconstructive breast surgery at Danbury Hospital.
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An Argentine court says a 17-year-old male transsexual can have a sex change in a landmark ruling.
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What would a visit to New York be without a little therapy?