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Studies Show Alarming Trend in Heart Disease for People Using Transgender Hormones

Two recent studies show a connection between cross-sex hormone use and cardiovascular ailments, including stroke and heart attack.
Studies Show Alarming Trend in Heart Disease for People Using Transgender Hormones
A bottle of testosterone used for transgender patients. Courtesy of Daisy Strongin
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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10/17/2023|Updated: 10/17/2023
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A new Danish study reinforces medical evidence that transgender people taking cross-sex hormones dramatically increases their chances of developing heart disease.

Published in the European Journal of Endocrinology in August, the study included 2,671 transgender people in their early to mid-20s who took cross-sex hormones in Denmark.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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