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

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.

THE Health Secretary says he is deeply uncomfortable with giving children puberty blockers in an NHS trial. But despite ...

Puberty isn’t waiting for the teenage years anymore. Experts explain why girls are growing up faster than before ...

If the coming-of-age changes you notice in your child make you wonder if the kid you still consider your “baby” is literally growing up too fast, it’s probably nothing to worry about. “I think a lot ...

Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. (CNN) — Puberty: It’s one of ...

The physical changes during and around puberty can cause stressful and unpleasant emotions for children who don’t identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. Puberty blockers, or pubertal ...

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 ...

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 — ...

"We've been tracking children's growth from birth all the way through to adulthood, and the fastest period of growth is clearly the first couple of years during infancy," Sean Cumming, a professor in ...

A loophole left by the state government when rushing to reinstate a statewide ban on puberty blockers has opened the door for ...