More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done.

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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 — ...

The research is being presented at the first Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE in Copenhagen Denmark, 10-13 May 2025. Growth patterns during the first two years of a child’s life may shape pubertal ...

When adolescents reach puberty, they start to experience a whole new world of feelings. They start to have more adult emotions, recognizing their own sexuality and longing for closeness with others of ...

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 ...

A new study published in Science Advances sheds light on how changes in brain connections before and after puberty might explain why some children with a rare genetic condition called 22q11.2 deletion ...

Women are declaring a new name for perimenopause, a transitional period in their lives. Also called the menopausal transition, perimenopause is when the body “makes the natural transition to menopause ...