The Cass Review -- of which an interim report changed youth gender-affirming care services in England -- has been published in full, concluding that there's no high-quality evidence supporting puberty ...

Researchers discovered that early puberty or childbirth doubles women’s risk for major diseases and accelerates aging, while later timing offers protective benefits. Genetic analysis reveals ...

The age at which girls begin their menstrual cycles, known as menarche, has been decreasing over the years. While historically, the average age of menarche was around 14-15 years, many girls today ...

Precocious puberty, or early onset puberty, means a boy or girl has started to mature sexually too early. In general, it refers to girls who start to develop sexual characteristics before age 8 and ...

Hormonal indicators could be useful for detecting early pubertal onset, but there is little research on how they are related to puberty in US girls. We determined median age at hormonal onset of ...

Everyone goes through puberty differently. However, there are puberty stages that usually happen at certain ages in a young person’s development. In this article, we look at the stages of puberty for ...

Keira Bell says she regrets taking puberty blocking drugs as a teenager Campaigner Keira Bell has told the BBC she believes the planned clinical trial of puberty blocking drugs for gender-questioning ...

The assistant Health Secretary of the United States who is also a trans woman empowered children who are seeking gender affirmation treatment to avail the puberty blocker hormone therapy. Know all ...

Associate Professor and Visiting Academic, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Puberty marks a ...

Puberty is a time of sexual growth and development. It's a time when your body starts to change and you begin to look more like a grown-up. Boys start to look like young men. Girls start to look more ...

Puberty can be an exciting but difficult time for many kids. During puberty, your body transforms into that of an adult. These changes can happen slowly or quickly. It’s normal for some people to go ...

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