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Puberty blockers suppress the bodily release of hormones that lead to all the changes in the body that accompany puberty. These blockers have been used for over 40 years to treat children who go ...

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 ...

Puberty blockers are a safe and effective way to treat precocious puberty and gender dysphoria. Typically, puberty blockers alone do not cause permanent changes. But this can vary depending on several ...

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 ...

When most people think of puberty, the teenage years come to mind. This period, which generally happens between ages 8 and 14, is when you develop from a kid into an adult. Your body goes through many ...

Everyone goes through puberty differently. However, there are puberty stages that usually happen at certain ages in a young person’s development. In this article, we look at the stages of puberty for ...

Puberty is the process of a child's body changing to an adult body. It doesn't happen overnight, and it doesn't happen at the same age in all children. Most girls undergo puberty changes between 8 and ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. For many parents, the idea of ...

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 ...