Researchers have linked the trend of earlier puberty in Black girls to elevated stress hormones.

From the moment I started school, I took every opportunity to run, jump, skip and hop that I could. PE lessons, sports days, playground games of tag and hopscotch – I loved it all, and so did the ...

A girl started to go through puberty at the age of three, and doctors say her mum's HRT patches are to blame. Samantha Ashworth, 52, noticed changes in her daughter Freya, including physical changes ...

A new Danish study compiles 10 years of research from one of the world's largest and most detailed puberty cohorts and points to three main conclusions: puberty is occurring earlier; genes, pregnancy ...

Puberty brings a cascade of changes—physical, emotional, and social. New research suggests that teens who feel prepared to handle these changes experience better mental health through puberty. A study ...

A longitudinal study shows that puberty may reprogram children’s epigenetic profiles in ways that track worsening or improving insulin resistance, uncovering early molecular signals of future ...