(Reuters Health) - Girls who go through puberty and develop breasts earlier than peers may have a higher risk of depression as well, a Chinese study suggests. Researchers analyzed data on puberty ...

Sugar, aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda) and glycyrrhizin (licorice root) are all significantly associated with a higher risk of early puberty, particularly in genetically predisposed children, ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transgender adolescents treated with gender-affirming hormone therapy early in puberty experience bone ...

Purdue Human Development and Family Studies researcher examines bibliographic data on puberty research—a critical period of biological and social development. Today’s puberty research is not just ...

Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence, according to the results of a newly published study by a University ...

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 ...

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