Some girls now enter puberty as early as six - with toxic chemicals widely held to blame. But are new drugs to hold back the years really the right answer?: Puberty is an unsettling stage in anyone's ...

Puberty isn’t waiting for the teenage years anymore. Experts explain why girls are growing up faster than before ...

The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products — ...

A higher maternal HIV load in pregnancy is linked toward earlier onset of puberty in HIV-exposed and uninfected boys but not girls.

Genes can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain in childhood, a known risk factor for early puberty, a Cambridge-led study has found. Other ...

For several years now, experts from various fields of medicine and psychology have expressed concern about the possibility ...

“Any adult who thinks the kid in their life is going into puberty and they have a question or a concern, reach out to a health care provider,” Natterson said . The pediatrician will talk to your child ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The link between paternal smoking during puberty and epigenetic age acceleration in offspring differed by sex.

Northern Territory Health Minister Steve Edgington announces the withdrawal of public funding for puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children, labelling them "dangerous, ideologically driven ...