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Byline: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Patients will not start being recruited into the first clinical trial to examine the effects of puberty blocking drugs until early next year, months [...]

Byline: ELLA WHELAN For most people, the Cass Review into gender-identity services in England came as a relief. Finally, an evidence-led, expert group of people led by a renowned paediatrician [...]

Byline: Laura Donnelly and Daniel Martin THE British Medical Association is calling for puberty blockers to be prescribed to teens with gender dysphoria despite a ban on the medication. The [...]

A temporary ban on puberty blockers introduced by the Tory government using emergency legislation was lawful, the High Court has ruled. Justice Beverley Lang said a study found 'very substantial [...]

Byline: By, Miriam Stoppard When I first qualified, we were saying periods were arriving early and we've continued to say that over several generations. But now Harvard University in the [...]

It is hard to believe that there are MPs who seem to think it is right to override considered evidence-based research in the name of ideology. But there are and [...]

Byline: Suzanne Moore Now Wes Streeting knows what it's like to be a certain kind of woman. I jest, but not much. Since the Health Secretary announced he was going [...]

The current ban on puberty blocking drugs in the treatment of trans children has presented Labour's new health secretary, Wes Streeting, with a significant test of his and his party's [...]

Byline: Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent A ban on prescribing puberty blockers to children was motivated by the then UK health secretary's personal view and not backed by evidence, the [...]

Overview Precocious puberty is when children's bodies begin to change into adult bodies too soon. This change is known as puberty. Most of the time, puberty occurs after age 8 [...]

Overview Feminizing hormone therapy is used to make physical changes in the body that are caused by female hormones during puberty. Those changes are called secondary sex characteristics. This hormone [...]

Puberty blockers can be used to delay the changes of puberty in transgender and gender-diverse youth who have started puberty. The medicines most often used for this purpose are called [...]

Overview Gynecomastia (guy-nuh-koh-MAS-tee-uh) is an increase in the amount of breast gland tissue in boys or men. An imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone causes it. Gynecomastia can affect [...]

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- The following information was released by the Scottish Government: Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Information requested 1. Could you [...]

Overview Masculinizing hormone therapy is used to make physical changes in the body that are caused by male hormones during puberty. Those changes are called secondary sex characteristics. This hormone [...]

London: Northern Ireland Executive Government has issued the following news release: Northern Ireland is now included in the UK Government's temporary ban on the private sale and supply of puberty-suppressing [...]

London: UK Government has issued the following news release: The Government has today renewed a temporary ban on the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones, known as 'puberty blockers.' The [...]

LONDON -- The following information was released by the UK Government: From: Department of Health and Social Care Published 22 August 2024 The Government has today renewed a temporary ban [...]

Byline: Ella Whelan For most people, the Cass Review into gender-identity services in England came as a relief. Finally, an evidence-led, expert group of people led by a renowned paediatrician [...]

(JURIST) - A UK High Court ruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. TransAction, an organisation that advocates for transgender [...]

LONDON -- The following information was released by Liberty Counsel: Two Appeals Courts in America and now a High Court in England have upheld child protection laws banning puberty blockers. […]

Byline: Laura Donnelly, Health Editor, Daniel Martin, Deputy Political Editor The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for puberty blockers to be prescribed to teenagers with gender dysphoria, despite a [...]

LONDON (AP) — A High Court judge on Monday upheld the British government's emergency ban on puberty blockers, saying a study that found “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits” […]

Byline: Telegraph reporters A ban on puberty blockers introduced by the Tory government using emergency legislation was lawful, the High Court has ruled. Campaign group TransActual, and a young person [...]

Byline: Telegraph reporters Back in the Noughties, fewer than 50 children per year were turning to NHS gender identity services to transition. But thanks to the internet and access to [...]

Byline: Nick Squires Elon Musk says he was 'tricked' into allowing one of his children who transitioned from male to female to take puberty blockers. The chief executive of Tesla [...]

Byline: Michael Searles, Health Correspondent Trans activists' claims that the puberty blocker ban will increase child suicides are unfounded and dangerous, an independent review has found. A suicide expert was [...]

Byline: Daniel Sanderson, Scottish Correspondent The NHS has been accused of wading into political rows around puberty blockers and conversion therapy after staff were granted permission to wear uniforms to [...]

Byline: Telegraph View It is hard to believe that there are MPs who seem to think it is right to override considered evidence-based research in the name of ideology. But [...]

Byline: Suzanne Moore Now Wes Streeting knows what it's like to be a certain kind of woman. I jest, but not much. Since the Health Secretary announced he is going [...]

CAMBRIDGE, UK -- The following information was released by the University of Cambridge: Genes can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain [...]

Byline: Manohla Dargis Anxiety meets Joy in Pixar's eager, predictably charming sequel to its innovative 2015 hit. Sadness is still around, too, as are Fear and Disgust. When a dumpling [...]

Byline: Catherine Shoard Inside Out 2 has far exceeded expectations at the box office over the weekend, shattering records and massively boosting morale across the film industry. So, we know [...]

Byline: By, Kate Pounds & Howard Lloyd A mum says normal things like showering and having sex are extremely painful due to a rare condition which has left her with [...]

Byline: Robyn Vinter The UK government has until Friday to respond to a letter from campaigners who are mounting a legal challenge against the ban on puberty blockers for young [...]

Byline: James Le Fanu 'There is little evidence of demonstrable harm from [puberty blocking drugs],' observed the paediatrician Professor Gary Butler of London's University College Hospital, who supervised the administration [...]

Byline: By, Sophie Watson & Howard Lloyd A short man with a 'squeaky' voice was repeatedly mistaken for a woman until his 20s -until finally going through puberty in his [...]

Byline: By, Sophie Watson & Howard Lloyd A short man with a 'squeaky' voice was repeatedly mistaken for a woman until his 20s -until finally going through puberty in his [...]

Byline: By, Sophie Watson & Howard Lloyd A short man with a 'squeaky' voice was repeatedly mistaken for a woman until his 20s -until finally going through puberty in his [...]

Byline: By, Sophie Watson & Howard Lloyd A short man with a 'squeaky' voice was repeatedly mistaken for a woman until his 20s -until finally going through puberty in his [...]

Byline: By, Sophie Watson & Howard Lloyd A short man with a 'squeaky' voice was repeatedly mistaken for a woman until his 20s -until finally going through puberty in his [...]