Some girls now enter puberty as early as six - with toxic chemicals widely held to blame. But are new drugs to hold back the years really the right answer?: Puberty is an unsettling stage in anyone's ...

According to the medical research, the age of initial pubertal changes has been going down almost everywhere in the last ...

The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products — ...

Genes can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain in childhood, a known risk factor for early puberty, a Cambridge-led study has found. Other ...

A girl's genetics can indirectly influence the age when she has her first period, by accelerating her weight gain in childhood, a new study finds. A number of other genes also can directly affect the ...

“Any adult who thinks the kid in their life is going into puberty and they have a question or a concern, reach out to a health care provider,” Natterson said . The pediatrician will talk to your child ...

The average age of puberty has steadily declined in most western societies in the past century. Improved nutrition is certainly one reason for the earlier age of puberty. But there is another ...

Girls aren’t alone in hitting puberty earlier – boys are, too, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics. And boys’ body mass index as children might play a role.

Max Casella didn’t hit puberty until the ripe old age of 27. The “Doogie Howser, M.D.” alum opened up to Page Six exclusively about having pituitary dwarfism, a growth hormone deficiency characterized ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The link between paternal smoking during puberty and epigenetic age acceleration in offspring differed by sex.