As a parent and psychologist, I am grateful that recent years have heralded a new era of increased awareness about the importance of healthy body attitudes as part of healthy adolescent development. I ...

More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done. When Lola was eight years old, she went through a massive growth ...

During puberty, all kinds of hormonal changes take place in the body, which lead to the development of external sexual characteristics, such as breast growth, a lower voice or body hair growth. For ...

Adolescence and puberty are not the same. Adolescence is that 10- to 12-year period of social and psychological growth that transforms the dependent child (beginning in late elementary or early middle ...

Remember your teenage years? Growing up wasn't easy, with your body going through changes andyour emotions in turmoil. What if puberty came earlier than your teenage years? What if changes started ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — American girls are entering puberty at earlier ages, putting them at far greater risk for breast cancer later in life and for all sorts of social and emotional problems well ...

Parents groups sounded off on a new medical study which found fertility blockers could cause long-term fertility and health problems in boys. The study from the Mayo Clinic, which has not yet been ...

Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is a rare disease characterized by delayed puberty or the complete absence of puberty in adolescence, leading to infertility. Some forms of the disease are ...

When we think of puberty, we typically imagine raging hormones and teenage angst. But Pixar's latest movie is proving that isn't something to demonize. This all changes when Mei marks her womanhood by ...