Analysis: The government's ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care marks a troubling shift - politicians are now making decisions that should sit with clinicians working alongside young ...

Puberty blockers will be tested on children with gender dysphoria, researchers have announced, after a major independent inquiry led to the overhaul of NHS gender services. Researchers from King's ...

Puberty blockers for under-18s have been illegal in the UK since 2024 By Hannah Barnes A new research trial to study the impact of puberty blockers in children experiencing gender incongruence (a ...

Details of a new UK clinical trial to assess the risks and benefits of puberty-blocking drugs in children who question their gender have been announced. It follows the banning of the drugs for gender ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand said Wednesday that it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental ...

The government is halting new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria, saying "a precautionary approach" is needed while evidence remains uncertain. In a statement ...

The New Zealand cabinet has signed off on plans to halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria from mid-December. The imminent pause on puberty blockers has ...

Treatment with beta-blocker therapy did not reduce the incidence of all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI) or heart failure (HF) in patients with a preserved LVEF (≥50%) after a recent MI, ...

Beta-blockers like atenolol and metoprolol save lives every day — but once they leave our bodies, they don't just disappear. These medications are designed to withstand breakdown inside the human ...