A new study suggests that growing up in poverty accelerates biological development. For adolescent girls, this early onset of ...

A landmark study of nearly 10,000 children reveals that poverty doesn't just limit a girl's opportunities — it accelerates her biology, triggering earlier puberty that creates a neurological mismatch ...

Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever. While synthetic ...

During puberty, all kinds of hormonal changes take place in the body, which lead to the development of external sexual characteristics, such as breast growth, a lower voice or body hair growth. For ...

Puberty can be hard on the kid going through it and the parent trying to help them. Your child is going through physical changes that can be awkward and embarrassing. As a parent, you may struggle ...

Adolescence and puberty are not the same. Adolescence is that 10- to 12-year period of social and psychological growth that transforms the dependent child (beginning in late elementary or early middle ...

Researchers found microglia influence reproductive hormone signaling through the RANK protein. The discovery links immune cells to puberty control and infertility, and may improve diagnosis and ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A longitudinal study shows that puberty may reprogram children’s epigenetic profiles in ways that ...

A 10-year Danish study finds puberty is starting earlier in kids, linking the shift to pregnancy, weight, stress, and genetics.

We are seeing epidemic levels of stress in children and teenagers, with increasing rates of clinical depression, anxiety, and other coping problems. Fear, uncertainty, and lack of control—the factors ...