EditorialCal Calamia, competing in a newly created category for nonbinary runners, crosses the finish line at the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:58:50, in Chicago, Oct. 9, 2022. (Taylor Glascock/The New York Times)
EditorialA package of mifepristone pills, which blocks a hormone called progesterone that is necessary for a pregnancy to continue, at Hope Medical Group for Women, which continues to offer abortion services for now, in Shreveport, La., June 28, 2022. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialA package of mifepristone pills, which blocks a hormone called progesterone that is necessary for a pregnancy to continue, at Hope Medical Group for Women, which continues to offer abortion services for now, in Shreveport, La., June 28, 2022. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialThe supplement and hormone routine of Suhail al-Asaad, a top Palestinian bodybuilder, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 2022. (Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times)
EditorialA diversity of color on a stairwell at Magic City Acceptance Academy, a new public charter school, grades 6 through 12, that aims to be a welcoming place for students who are gay, straight, nonbinary, cisgender or transgender, in Homewood, Ala., April, 20, 2022. (Peyton Fulford/The New York Times)
Editorial Orion, 17, who made the difficult decision to delay gender-affirming hormone treatment until this summer, when he turns 18, in Frisco, Texas, March 3, 2022. (Emil Lippe/The New York Times)
EditorialMost people think of melatonin as a natural nod-off aid, kind of like chamomile tea in pill form. Even the name of the popular dietary supplement sounds sleepy — that long “o” sound almost makes you yawn mid-word. But melatonin is also a hormone that our brains naturally produce, and hormones, even in minuscule amounts, can have potent effects throughout the body. (Dadu Shin/The New York Times)