The New Zealand government also announced a ban on prescribing puberty blockers to people not already receiving them ...

The puberty blocker trial will be seen as "one of the darkest acts" of the Labour Government, a leading Tory has warned.

A federal judge repeatedly criticized the government on Monday as he concluded a U.S. Department of Justice request for patient and employee information from Children’s Hospital Colorado was fueled by ...

Conservatives and liberals alike can agree that all people, and especially children, deserve ethical, evidence-based care.

The health secretary tells MPs he is "uncomfortable" about the use of the drugs but he was following expert advice.

ABSTRACT: Hibiscus sabdariffa (HS), commonly known in Mexico as “jamaica”, is an annual plant of the Malvaceae family, which has been utilized in traditional medicine for its antihypertensive, ...

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Your final height is mostly a matter of genetics, but nutrition, overall health, and hormones — including testosterone and growth hormone — influence growth during childhood and adolescence.

Trans health advocates and community members took to the streets on Sept. 8 to protest UPMC's decision to end gender-affirming care for patients under 19. Photo by Maya Lovro courtesy of QBurgh. After ...

Puberty is the time when a child's body starts to change to an adult's. Normally, these changes begin in girls when they're between 8 and 14 years old. In boys, they start between the ages of 9 and 15 ...

Puberty is the time when your body grows from a child's to an adult's. You'll know that you are going through puberty by the way that your body changes. Usually, these changes begin between the ages ...

Rochelle Collins, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Quinnipiac University. Many things influence growth and body development in ...