6 Jan 2013

Transsexuals in Hong Kong are now seeking gender-changing surgery at a much earlier age than two decades ago, and those coming forward are more likely to be women seeking to become men.

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22 Oct 2011

An extremely low percentage of mainland women experiencing the menopause use hormone replacement therapy because of concerns that it can increase the risk of breast cancer, domestic experts say....

10:43PM
23 Aug 2010

People who have had sex-change surgery face a problem when buying medical and life insurance because insurers will only acknowledge their gender at birth.

6:56AM
8 Aug 2010

She was born a man, but had a sex change. Now she wants to marry her boyfriend. But the government says she can't, so she's going to court.

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27 Mar 2007

The first patient to benefit from the da Vinci S Surgical System had a hysterectomy on March 5. She said she felt no pain after the procedure and was glad to put the experience behind her.

11:33PM
10 Aug 2003

The Department of Health says it will draw the attention of doctors to the findings in a recent study confirming a link between breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which is...

4:57AM

While the Supreme People's Court is busy preparing draft legislation to set guidelines for psychological trauma compensation, a young girl in Liaoning province has just been awarded an unusually...

3:11AM

My passenger giggles and shrieks as the jeep rattles down a steep jungle pass through an afternoon storm. Her tattooed arms flex as she picks at a chip in her nail polish.

2:53AM

An increasing number of people are seeking sex-change operations in China, but the restrictions patients must surmount in a conservative country are intense.

1:43PM

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