The fierce debate over puberty blockers has become a collision of science and politics. To try to address a fractured consensus, the federal government is attempting to lay the groundwork for a ...

Campaigners brought the legal action to try and stop the trial going ahead.

There is a data vacuum in this country, even as several European countries adopt more cautious practices to treating youth gender dysphoria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few issues in contemporary medicine have generated as much controversy as the use of puberty blockers in gender distressed ...

The High Court has ruled that the PATHWAYS puberty blockers trial can go ahead, after a judge threw out a challenge from campaigners. The challenge came from a number of groups or individuals, ...

Puberty blockers are medications that stop the body from producing estrogen and testosterone. In the clinic, they're called gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa). If adolescents take these ...

I’m a GP – here’s why the puberty blockers trial must go ahead - COMMENT: A landmark drugs trial involving 200 children was supposed to answer thorny questions about giving hormones to adolescents ...

Medications commonly known as puberty blockers were found to delay development of female reproductive organs but allow for restoration of reproductive functioning after the medications were withdrawn, ...

Should American states be allowed to ban puberty blockers for teenagers with gender dysphoria? That issue is currently being considered by the Supreme Court, which recently heard oral arguments about ...

The drugs block a child’s natural development during puberty, preventing the production of hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen. While the emergency ban on prescribing puberty blockers is set ...

The growing politicisation and rise in misinformation about the use of puberty blockers for gender-affirming healthcare has resulted in bans and restrictions internationally. New Zealand’s government ...

Across the United States, thousands of parents have consented to having their children’s puberty stopped with a class of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists. Known colloquially as ...