Archive for November 2025

Puberty blockers have been used in gender-affirming healthcare for decades.
They temporarily suppress the hormones that cause pubertal development, giving young people and their families time to make informed decisions without the pressure of irreversible bodily changes proceeding in a direction that may not fit who they are. They can also reduce the need for later interventions such as hair removal, voice therapy or chest surgery. If treatment stops, puberty resumes – a key reason they are considered an appropriate early intervention in international clinical guidelines.

Most of us take for granted that, when we get sick, we can visit a doctor, receive treatment and start to feel better. For many people, however, this journey back to wellness is much shakier. Their experience is confusing, frustrating and painful. It leaves them doubting their sanity. After a few trips to doctors and specialists, these folks might be told that there is nothing ‘physically’ wrong with them. Despite their very real suffering, they might even be dismissed as malingerers or hypochondriacs. These folks have what’s called an ‘invisible disease’.

Research shows nearly 26% of U.S. service members and veterans drop out of PTSD therapy, with trauma-focused treatments seeing the highest rates—highlighting the need for tailored, sustainable care.

In their week on Marco Island, the family played card games and lounged by the water. “He slept a lot. He was very, very tired,” Eric’s daughter, Amiya, recalls.

We already live in a world where at least one in three women experience physical or sexual violence. Enter a host of extremely powerful AI tools, trained on existing gender biases, now enabling that violence to spread further, faster, and in more complex ways. It’s a perfect storm.

While the British left is buried in factional debate, Reform is rapidly securing a foothold in former socialist heartlands across the country — paving the way for a nightmarish far-right takeover of the British state. Above: The high street in Biddulph — a small, former mining town in the Staffordshire Moorlands.