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UK NHS prohibits puberty blockers for minors' gender transitions.

The UK National Health Service has announced a ban on puberty blockers for gender transitions for minors outside of clinical trials and will regulate gender transition treatments for minors. The NHS will adopt a holistic, multi-disciplinary integrated approach to assessing and responding to an individual's needs and will center on fully involving the child or young person and their family. The new protocols now require expertise for the direct assessment of autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other forms of neurodiversity to be included in a minor's treatment plan when addressing gender dysphoria.

via Washington Examiner|

#gender-transition #health #mental-health

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Breakthrough Discovery: 60 New Diseases Diagnosed, Bringing Answers to Thousands.

A 10-year study analyzing the genetic code of thousands of children with unexplained genetic disorders and their parents has led to the diagnosis for roughly 40% of them and brought the identification of 60 new diseases. The study, involving more than 13,500 families from the UK and Ireland, sequenced genes from all families’ genomes in its search for precise diagnoses, and it came up with about 5,500 of them. A genetic diagnosis is hugely important to families because it gives them reason to connect with other families who might be affected by the same condition, and hopefully target much more personalized management and ultimately treatment.

via Newser|

#diagnosis #dna-analysis #genetic-disorders