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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has decided to enforce an 'indefinite' ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers via private prescriptions for the treatment of gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria in under-18s in the UK. This decision follows official advice from the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM), which found an "unacceptable safety risk" in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children. The CHM, tasked by the health secretary and Northern Ireland Minister for Health to evaluate the safety of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists for puberty suppression, issued eight recommendations. It advised that a statutory indefinite ban be placed on the use of puberty blockers until its three recommended structures are in place to support safe UK prescribing.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called for a 'firm commitment' to prosecuting those making profits through the sale of DNP (2,4-Dinitrophenol). It has also urged the social media companies to 'remove content promoting or selling DNP to further reduce harm'. Legislation to regulate DNP will come into effect on 1 October 2023. On Monday (23 January) it was announced that DNP will be included in the 1972 Poisons Act. President of RPS Professor Claire Anderson said: "DNP is unfit for human consumption and its main use is in the manufacture of explosives and pesticides. It is sold by unscrupulous dealers to vulnerable individuals wanting to lose weight but has a dangerous effect on the metabolism and has led to 32 deaths since 2007 in those taking it as a 'diet drug'. "Including DNP in the Poisons Act is a positive move as it will restrict its availability, but what's really needed is an outright ban to reduce the risk to the public. Australia has already classified DNP as a substance of such a danger to health as to warrant prohibition of sale and we'd like the UK to follow suit.

The UK government has decided to ban disposable vapes to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children's health, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday (28 January 2024) during a visit to a school. Official figures revealed that the number of children using vapes has tripled in the past three years, with nine per cent of 11 - to 15-year-olds now affected by this rising trend. Disposable vapes are believed to be mainly driving the worrisome rise in youth vaping, with the number of 11- to 17-year-old vapers using disposables estimated to have increased by almost ninefold in the last two years. Sunak said: "As any parent or teacher knows, one of the most worrying trends at the moment is the rise in vaping among children, and so we must act before it becomes endemic. "The long-term impacts of vaping are unknown and the nicotine within them can be highly addictive, so while vaping can be a useful tool to help smokers quit, marketing vapes to children is not acceptable."

No Junk food ads on television will be allowed before the 9 pm watershed from October 2025 under a new law. The UK government confirmed the final details of advertising restrictions, including a ban on paid online junk food adverts, on Tuesday (3 December). The proposed legislation is part of a broader strategy to curb childhood obesity and address rising rates of obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Detailed guidance on which food and drink categories will be covered by the regulations has also been published. These measures are expected to remove 7.2 billion calories per year from UK children's diets, potentially preventing around 20,000 cases of childhood obesity. Health secretary Wes Streeting emphasised the need for such preventative action, stating: "Obesity robs our kids of the best possible start in life, sets them up for a lifetime of health problems, and costs the NHS billions. "This government is taking action now to end the targeting of junk food ads at kids, across both TV and online.

In response to the concerning surge in youth vaping, the UK government in January announced its decision to ban disposable vapes as a measure to safeguard the health of children. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated that while the long-term impacts of vaping were uncertain, the nicotine present in these products can be highly addictive. Therefore, he emphasised that "marketing vapes to children is not acceptable." Now, there's a stronger reason to crack down on vape sales as a new study has revealed that vaping or the use of e-cigarettes may increase the risk of developing heart failure. The study, which involved 175,000 adults in the United States, found that those who use e-cigarettes were 19 per cent more likely to develop heart failure over a four-year period. Dr Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, lead author of the study, from MedStar Health in Baltimore, underscored that an increasing number of studies are linking e-cigarettes with harmful effects, suggesting vaping "might not be as safe as previously thought." With further research, Dr Bene-Alhasan's team plans to uncover "a lot more about the potential health consequences and improve the information out to the public."

The UK government has extended the restrictions on prescribing and supplying of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues, commonly referred to as puberty blockers, for those under 18 until the end of the year. These regulations, initially set to expire on 26 November, prohibit any new under-18 patients from beginning puberty suppression treatment for gender dysphoria outside designated specialist NHS services. The government passed the Medicines (Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues) (Emergency Prohibition) (Extension) (No. 2) Order 2024 on 6 November, citing health safety concerns to prevent potential serious risks. Children and young people under 18 already using these medicines may continue treatment through a UK-registered prescriber, though prescriptions generally require an 'SLS' endorsement by the prescriber. Prescriptions issued after 3 June 2024 by an EEA or Swiss prescriber remain invalid for these purposes.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has alerted pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy owners via email regarding new emergency legislation governing the prescribing and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones, commonly known as 'puberty blockers', for children and young people under 18 in England, Wales, and Scotland. The regulations apply to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues, used to suppress puberty as part of treating gender incongruence or gender dysphoria in individuals under 18. Effective from 3 June 2024, new private prescriptions for GnRH analogues from prescribers in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland who are not UK registered are banned from being dispensed in Great Britain for patients under 18. The emergency ban on these medicines will remain in effect until September 3, 2024, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced on 29 May, stating that the action has been taken to address risks to "patient safety."

Recently, Australia introduced a new law that restricts the sale of all types of vapes exclusively to pharmacies, as part of an effort to eliminate recreational vaping nationwide. Controversially, pharmacies will soon be permitted to sell nicotine vapes without requiring a prescription under this law. Although this initiative aims to improve national health, it has angered pharmacists, who fear it will ultimately turn their premises into modern-day tobacconists. "This is just going to create more hassle for me," a senior pharmacist told The Times. In response to mounting concerns about a new generation becoming addicted to nicotine, the Labor government last Monday implemented a ban on the sale of all vapes, whether they contain nicotine or not, outside of pharmacies. Australia has become the first country in the world to enact such a measure.

Tình trạng hẹp bao quy đầu ở người trưởng thành khiến cho da quy đầu sau khi lộn ra không thể trở về được như ban đầu, ảnh hưởng lớn đến chất lượng đời sống quan hệ và sự phát triển của cơ quan sinh dục

Viêm quy đầu cấp tính ở nam giới thường có những biểu hiện ban đầu như sưng tấy, phần da dương vật sưng đỏ, quy đầu có cảm giác nóng sốt và ngứa ngáy

Chứng bất lực ở nam giới là gì, Chứng bất lực hiểu đơn giản là quý ông không có khả năng cương cứng đối với cậu nhỏ khi giao ban

Nam giới bị Nghẹt Bao Quy Đầu cần phải phát hiện sớm và đến bệnh viện điều trị kịp thời, nếu bệnh ở mức độ nhẹ có thể dùng tay tự lộn quy đầu trở lại vị trí ban đầu

Nam giới bị Nghẹt Bao Quy Đầu cần phải phát hiện sớm và đến bệnh viện điều trị kịp thời, nếu bệnh ở mức độ nhẹ có thể dùng tay tự lộn quy đầu trở lại vị trí ban đầu

Ở nam giới sùi mào gà thường xuất hiện ở rãnh quy đầu, Bao Quy Đầu, miệng sáo biểu hiện ban đầu là các nốt sùi nhỏ, mềm cao dần lên như nhú gai đường kính 1-2 mm

Sùi mào gà cho các triệu chứng điển hình và cụ thể nhất đó là những tổn thương sùi, xuất phát ban đầu là những mụn thịt nhỏ li ti tại vị trí nhiễm bệnh (khắp bộ phận sinh dục cả nam và nữ giới, háng, bẹn, hậu môn, miệng…), sau liên kết thành những đám, mảng sùi lớn, có kích thước từ vài mm thậm chí là vài cm, bên trên có nhiều nhú gai li ti, tổn thương màu hồng tươi và khi ấn có thể ra mủ, khi bị cọ xát, tác động mạnh có thể gây chảy máu, rất dễ bội nhiễm, có mùi hôi khó chịu

Trong thực tế, có không ít trường hợp chị em khi mới phát hiện các triệu chứng ban đầu của bệnh viêm lộ tuyến đều chủ quan hoặc cho rằng đó là triệu chứng viêm nhiễm phụ khoa thông thường, cũng có trường hợp vì chần chừ, e ngại việc đi khám chữa bệnh khiến bệnh ngày càng nghiêm trọng hơn và nguy hại cho sức khỏe.