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The NYT's Big Piece on Puberty Blockers Mucked Up the Most Important Point About Them 2022/11/17 11:10
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- URL: https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/puberty-blockers-side-effects-controversy.html
- Posted: Nov 17, 2022 11:10 AM
- Topics: puberty blockers Nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender
- Summary: «It’s a common error for certain journalists to make—viewing an essential piece of transgender health care as a newfangled, untested invention that may pose grave harm.» «It’s true they have downsides and that they aren’t right for every young person with gender dysphoria—but this is true of every medication, no matter the patient population. The mainstream medical consensus is that blockers are a useful tool in treating gender dysphoria, and more data is coming in all the time to support their efficacy in the patients for whom they’re indicated.»