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...series of injections to interrupt the brain cascade that launches puberty by regulating gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)--has not yet been submitted for FDA approval for gender-variant children. But it is available from international physicians and some U.S. doctors prescribing off-label. In February the first U.S. clinic for gender-variant children opened at Children's Hospital Boston. Throughout the process of delaying puberty with hormone blockers, the clinic offers regular checkups with a gender specialist. Families that have opted for the shots are grateful. "We don't know what's going to happen next," admits an East Coast...
...carbs or proteins, at a time. Panned by health professionals, Mazel struck a chord with dieters who believed that self-educated people often know better than experts. In the '80s, Mazel, who said she lost 72 lbs. (33 kg) on the diet, treated hundreds weekly at her Beverly Hills clinic. She was 63 and died of complications from peripheral vascular disease...
...Evangelistic Fellowship's center is one of just three small organizations offering counseling to the city's growing number of gambling addicts. The only government-funded organization, the Resilience Centre, was launched two years ago and employs just three counselors. Last year, Recovery Circle, a Manila-based substance-abuse clinic, began hosting weekly Gamblers Anonymous meetings. The center has six counselors on staff, but on average, only 10-15 attend the meetings. "The public is not aware that [gambling addiction] is a disease. They think it's part of the culture," says acting executive director Milagros Eos Capistrano. The clinic...
...seems that President Faust and Ellen Degeneres have more in common than their trendy pixie haircuts—both have serious doggie issues. FM has it on good word that Faust brings pup Clio to an animal behavioral clinic at Tufts. We got to wondering: just what is Clio telling her shrink? 1) Sometimes I feel like nobody on this campus knows who I am, and just treats me like any other dog. I’m the First Dog. I do my business in the digging site in the Yard. Respect me. 2) One of the archeology kids smacked...
Bloch met with congressional aides, attended a capacity-crowd "policy forum" and got a few hands in too. He and some of the other player-lobbyists turned up at the National Democratic Club after a long day of walking the halls. At one table they held a clinic for beginners. At another they staged a no-limit Texas Hold-'em shoot-out while fans watched and some lawmakers joined in. "It was just with play chips," said Bloch. "But then, whenever I'm at a poker table, all the chips are play chips...