puberty
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The executive order and Kennedy declaration both define gender-affirming care as the use of puberty blockers, hormone treatment, and surgery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Young-adult fiction about normal girls navigating puberty and romance were everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Scientists still have unanswered questions about whether melatonin could influence puberty, immune function, metabolism, or neurological development when used over extended periods.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
It found that children had been let down by a lack of research and that there was not "good evidence" that puberty blockers, which pause the physical changes of puberty, were safe or effective.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Until puberty Fernanda had no news of the world except for the melancholy piano lessons taken in some neighboring house by someone who for years and years had the drive not to take a siesta.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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