Experts say early puberty is influenced by multiple factors, including genetics, nutrition, stress, and body weight, rather ...

It is among the most delicate and controversial challenges in modern medicine - how to determine whether the benefits of puberty blockers (or drugs that delay puberty) outweigh the potential harms.

Puberty, pregnancy and menopause can feel like completely separate chapters of life. But each involves major hormonal shifts, and scientists have now compared what happens to the brain across all ...

Most parents agree that talking to their kids about puberty is important—but when and how to start the conversation is often less clear, a new national poll suggests. Among the most common challenges ...

A mother is considering freezing her young daughter’s eggs after she started going through puberty at just 10 months old. Sophie Dumas was completely unaware that anything was unusual about her ...

If the coming-of-age changes you notice in your child make you wonder if the kid you still consider your “baby” is literally growing up too fast, it’s probably nothing to worry about. “I think a lot ...

Acne, awkwardness, body odor—puberty can be a tough time. But things get even more complicated when puberty starts at an exceptionally young age, and today many girls are beginning the process younger ...

Puberty is the time when children's bodies start to make hormones that lead to physical changes and signs of maturation. It prepares the body for reproduction. It is also when significant growth ...

Reflecting on the awkwardness of early adolescence is uncomfortable for many, but for 16-year-old trans girl Kassie it has been particularly challenging. For Kassie, the prospect of puberty — and the ...