Robin Respaut

As children line up at U.S. gender clinics, families confront many unknowns

Thousands of children who were assigned female at birth have sought gender-affirming care in recent years. They significantly outnumber those assigned male at birth who seek treatment.

Understanding the reasons some transgender people quit treatment is key to improving it, especially for the rising number of minors seeking to medically transition, experts say. But for many researchers, detransitioning, and regret have long been untouchable subjects.

Dawn Heidlebaugh felt trapped in a disturbing pattern while taking Ozempic, the popular drug used to treat diabetes and obesity.

The US Food and Drug Administration received more than 250 reports of patients experiencing suicidal thoughts or behaviors while taking Ozempic or similar medicines since 2010, Reuters found in an examination of the FDA's adverse-event database.

Merck’s asthma drug, Singulair, has been linked for years to suicides. But lawsuits over it are stymied by one of Corporate America’s go-to legal defenses.

An early magazine advertisement for Merck’s breakthrough asthma and allergy medicine, Singulair, featured a happy child, hanging upside-down from a tree. Asthmatic kids could now breathe easier, the text assured, and side effects were “usually mild” and “similar to a sugar pill.”

Dr. Lee Kaplan took the stage with an urgent message, telling fellow physicians they have a powerful weapon to fight the American obesity crisis: their prescription pads.

Dr. Lee Kaplan took the stage with an urgent message, telling fellow physicians they have a powerful weapon to fight the American obesity crisis: their prescription pads.