Esophageal cancer is a serious disease that affects the esophagus, the tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach. It usually grows in silence-and the symptoms become pronounced when the cancer ...

Heartburn, a common ailment, can sometimes signal Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). While GERD is manageable, persistent symptoms like difficulty swallowing or unexplained weight loss warrant ...

Jaimie Veale was the founding President of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA). She is supported by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, awarded by Royal Society Te ...

Puberty blockers for under-18s have been illegal in the UK since 2024 By Hannah Barnes A new research trial to study the impact of puberty blockers in children experiencing gender incongruence (a ...

Beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction (MI) failed to lower the rate of all-cause death, MI, or heart failure in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of at least 50%, ...

Puberty blockers will be tested on children with gender dysphoria, researchers have announced, after a major independent inquiry led to the overhaul of NHS gender services. Researchers from King's ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand said Wednesday that it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental ...

Details of a new UK clinical trial to assess the risks and benefits of puberty-blocking drugs in children who question their gender have been announced. It follows the banning of the drugs for gender ...

New Zealand has become the latest country to announce that it will halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria. While young people who currently have a ...

The New Zealand cabinet has signed off on plans to halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria from mid-December. The imminent pause on puberty blockers has ...