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

Tanner stages track five milestone physical changes during puberty for both boys and girls. Early puberty in females starts before age 8, and before age 9 in males. Delayed puberty is when girls don't ...

Teens who feel confident in managing the physical, emotional, and social changes that come with puberty report fewer symptoms ...

Precocious puberty is when signs of sexual maturity occur earlier than age 8 in a girl and age 9 in a boy. (Photo: Getty Images) Every child goes through puberty, but not everyone experiences it at ...

Can being overweight make girls get their periods earlier Read ahead to know how hormones puberty timing PCOS risk and what ...

A sweeping review of 12 international cohort studies shows that heavier boys, especially those carrying excess weight after age six, reach key puberty milestones sooner, reshaping how parents and ...

A new study from Aarhus University shows that children who have expressed a desire at the age of 11 to be a different gender enter puberty earlier than their peers. However, more research is required, ...

In the first-ever genome-scale analysis of the puberty process in humans, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) outline distinct and critical changes to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Serum levels of sex steroids and bone metabolism markers align with skeletal development in boys during puberty, ...