Researchers discovered that early puberty or childbirth doubles women’s risk for major diseases and accelerates aging, while later timing offers protective benefits. Genetic analysis reveals ...

The age at which girls begin their menstrual cycles, known as menarche, has been decreasing over the years. While historically, the average age of menarche was around 14-15 years, many girls today ...

Hormonal indicators could be useful for detecting early pubertal onset, but there is little research on how they are related to puberty in US girls. We determined median age at hormonal onset of ...

Everyone goes through puberty differently. However, there are puberty stages that usually happen at certain ages in a young person’s development. In this article, we look at the stages of puberty for ...

Precocious puberty, or early onset puberty, means a boy or girl has started to mature sexually too early. In general, it refers to girls who start to develop sexual characteristics before age 8 and ...

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 ...

Puberty is a time of sexual growth and development. It's a time when your body starts to change and you begin to look more like a grown-up. Boys start to look like young men. Girls start to look more ...