Researchers and the UK regulator say the study is going to help improve care for children questioning their gender.

What we know and don’t know about puberty blockers and children, as the UK sets out on a new clinical trial of the drugs.

Queensland children with gender dysphoria will be banned from starting puberty blockers and hormone therapies in the state’s ...

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

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

It is among the most delicate and controversial challenges in modern medicine - how to determine whether the benefits of puberty blockers (or drugs that delay puberty) outweigh the potential harms.

When parents seek medical help for their gender-confused children, they are assured that puberty blockers are “reversible” treatment that pauses puberty, offering the “chance to explore gender ...

Puberty blockers are medications that prevent the body from producing the hormones that cause the physical changes of puberty. Young people who are transgender may take puberty blockers to prevent the ...

Puberty typically begins between the ages of 9 and 11, which is when physical changes start to appear. The Tanner Stages are used to describe specific changes that children and teens may experience ...

A new study presented at the 60th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting further highlighted the possible dangers of excessive smartphone use. (Photo: Getty) If you are wondering ...

The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products — ...