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Hiding the truth ? No surprise there. U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care. An influential doctor and advocate of adolescent gender treatments said she had not published a long-awaited study of puberty-blocking drugs because of the charged American political environment. The doctor, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, began the study in 2015 as part of a broader, multimillion-dollar federal project on transgender youth. She and colleagues recruited 95 children from across the country and gave them puberty blockers, which stave off the permanent physical changes — like breasts or a deepening voice — that could exacerbate their gender distress, known as dysphoria. The researchers followed the children for two years to see if the treatments improved their mental health. An older Dutch study had found that puberty blockers improved well-being, results that inspired clinics around the world to regularly prescribe the medications as part of what is now called gender-affirming care. But the American trial did not find a similar trend, Dr. Olson-Kennedy said in a wide-ranging interview. Puberty blockers did not lead to mental health improvements, she said, most likely because the children were already doing well when the study began. “They’re in really good shape when they come in, and they’re in really good shape after two years,” said Dr. Olson-Kennedy, who runs the country’s largest youth gender clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. That conclusion seemed to contradict an earlier description of the group, in which Dr. Olson-Kennedy and her colleagues noted that one quarter of the adolescents were depressed or suicidal before treatment. In the nine years since the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, and as medical care for this small group of adolescents became a searing issue in American politics, Dr. Olson-Kennedy’s team has not published the data. Asked why, she said the findings might fuel the kind of political attacks that have led to bans of the youth gender treatments in more than 20 states, one of which will soon be considered by the Supreme Court. “I do not want our work to be weaponized,” she said. “It has to be exactly on point, clear and concise. And that takes time.” She said that she intends to publish the data, but that the team had also been delayed because the N.I.H. had cut some of the project’s funding. She attributed that cut, too, to politics, which the N.I.H. denied. (The broader project has received $9.7 million in government support to date.) https://archive.ph/o2pMZ#selection-679.0-679.80
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2024 Elections - House - Senate - States
B-Man replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The American Media Should Not Be Trusted
B-Man replied to SCBills's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Lets see. . . . . . 13 days before the election The Atlantic trots out the old retreaded Trump loves Hitler B.S, Now who runs the Atlantic ? -
Democrats be like: 2015: Trump is Hitler! 2016: Trump is Hitler! 2017: Trump is Hitler! 2018: Trump is Hitler! 2019: Trump is Hitler! 2020: Trump is Hitler! 2021: Trump is Hitler! 2022: Trump is Hitler! 2023: Trump is Hitler! 2024: October surprise—Trump is Hitler! https://x.com/Sammy_collex/status/1849185394828640581
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Americans supporting authoritarianism
B-Man replied to Joe Ferguson forever's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Record Early Turnout In Georgia
B-Man replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Well, I knew before that I shouldn't take anything you say seriously. Now the whole board knows. . -
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The Babylon Bee, America's Newspaper
B-Man replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Check out her 'state' of mind here. Good thing that 'journo' was there for the assist! How does one forget an entire state? Kamala, you were just there. Remember the Motor City? Lizzo? Any of this ring bell, Madame Vice President? Well, you better get some sleep or see a doctor for your amnesia. Because come Election Day it might be you who is out of sight and out of mind with Michigan voters. https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2024/10/23/kamala-forgets-michigan-n2402623