Proceedings of the Working Group Session on Fertility Preservation for Individuals with Gender and Sex Diversity

Children and adolescents with gender and sex diversity include (1) gender-nonconforming and transgender individuals for whom gender identity or expression are incongruent with birth-assigned sex (heretofore, transgender) and (2) individuals who have differences in sex development (DSD). Although these are largely disparate groups, there is overlap in the medical expertise necessary to care for individuals with both gender and sex diversity. In addition, both groups face potential infertility or sterility as a result of desired medical and surgical therapies. The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Children's) gender and sex development program (GSDP) provides specialized multidisciplinary care for both transgender and DSD patients. In response to patient concerns that recommended medical treatments have the potential to affect fertility, the Lurie Children's GSDP team partnered with experts from the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University to expand fertility preservation options to gender and sex diverse youth. This article summarizes the results of a meeting of experts across this field at the annual Oncofertility Consortium conference with thoughts on next steps toward a unified protocol for this patient group.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/140296/1/trgh.2016.0008.pd

The relationship between gender and preference to complementary and alternative medicine among employees aged 20-60 years with moderate or high risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in De La Salle Health Sciences Institute

A cross-sectional study was done to investigate the relationship between gender and preference to complementary and alternative medicine among employees aged 20-60 years with moderate or high risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in De La Salle Health Sciences Institute. A total of 225 employees were screened for type 2 diabetes mellitus risk using the FINDRISK assessment tool. The investigators used purposive sampling as method of selection for male and female employees that represented the study population. Health-seeking behavior was evaluated using complementary and alternative medicine assessment tool (CAMAT). It was found out that majority of males (63%) preferred to use CAM, choosing organic food diet (36%) as the best CAM modality in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Compared to female whose majority (62%) desired to use Biomedicine, most of them preferred to consult physician and rely on doctor\u27s advice (72%). Prevalence ratio showed that male employees with moderate or high risk for diabetes mellitus type 2 are 1.65 times more likely to prefer to use CAM than female employees. Using chi-square test, significant difference between gender and CAM preference was observed. (p-value=0.0295, confidence level = 0.05. Moreover, socio-economic status, educational attainment and type of collar job were found to be not significant in choosing CAM as health-seeking approach