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Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria. Although puberty blockers are known to be safe and physically reversible treatment if stopped in the short term, it is also not known whether hormone blockers affect the development of factors like bone mineral density, brain ...
It is doubtful that a child aged 14 or 15 could understand and weigh the long-term risks and consequences of the administration of puberty blockers. In respect of young persons aged 16 and over, the legal position is that there is a presumption that they have the ability to consent to medical treatment.
Olson-Kennedy and her colleagues were tasked by the NIH with studying the effects of puberty blockers, which prevent physical changes, like the development of breasts or a deepening voice, on ...
The review suggested puberty blockers did not provide children and young people with "time to think", since nearly all patients who went on blockers later proceeded with hormone therapy. [ 100 ] [ 70 ] [ 101 ] For youth assigned male at birth, the report states that blockers taken too early can make a later penile inversion vaginoplasty more ...
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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” of the treatment ...
Foot and ankle surgery is a sub-specialty of orthopedics and podiatry that deals with the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of disorders of the foot and ankle. Orthopaedic surgeons are medically qualified, having been through four years of college, followed by 4 years of medical school or osteopathic medical school to obtain an M.D. or D.O. followed by specialist training as a resident in ...
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