Puberty can be hard on the kid going through it and the parent trying to help them. Your child is going through physical changes that can be awkward and embarrassing. As a parent, you may struggle ...

Spotting the signs of precocious puberty can help children receive timely treatment and avoid long-term effects.

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 ...

All animals start out as a single-celled organism and then start growing. At some point, of course, they need to stop getting bigger, but the process by which this happens is poorly understood. New ...

Last Monday, Britain's High Court ruled that a nationwide ban on using puberty blockers as "gender-affirming care" is legally allowed to stand. The ban on dangerous hormone-suppressing interventions ...

New research shows girls are entering puberty earlier, with some as young as eight, whereas, previously, average onset was 10 ...