Puberty often begins early for children who are obese. While there is nothing new about this fact, a scientific explanation has been elusive. Now, a team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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) ...

Children who grow up without a father in the home during their first year of life may experience physical signs of puberty ...

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 ...

For decades, most girls experienced their first menstrual period between the ages of 11 and 13. Today, however, doctors are seeing a noticeable shift. An increasing number of girls are entering ...

July 3 (UPI) --A new analysis of roundworm genetics has offered scientists fresh insights into the timing of puberty in humans. In addition to physical and sexual maturation, the juvenile-to-adult ...

BATON ROUGE — It can be a tough topic to tackle, but preparing children for puberty is critical, and experts say hearing about it from parents, not just peers, makes a huge difference. "Nothing is ...

Puberty is a topic we often feel uncomfortable talking about in society, let alone with our children. But Amanda Dunn’s book The New Puberty takes the reader on a journey through the complex and ...

Puberty often begins early for children who are obese. While there is nothing new about this fact, a scientific explanation has been elusive. Now, a team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen ...