Recent research provides evidence that temporarily pausing puberty with the drug leuprolide delays reproductive development ...

AN NHS trial of puberty-blocking drugs for teenagers who think they are transgender will go ahead after campaigners’ High ...

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) ...

The fierce debate over puberty blockers has become a collision of science and politics. To try to address a fractured ...

Puberty is a process regulated by the endocrine system, and its timing can be altered by environmental factors. Several ...

Campaigners brought the legal action to try and stop the trial going ahead.

At the start of health and wellness class, one of my students blurted out, “Can we just skip it?” He wasn’t talking about the class; he wanted to skip puberty. As a school counselor, I know the mere ...

Acne, awkwardness, body odor—puberty can be a tough time. But things get even more complicated when puberty starts at an exceptionally young age, and today many girls are beginning the process younger ...

(Reuters Health) - The age when a girl goes through puberty has long been linked to when her mother started menstruating, and a new study adds to evidence suggesting the same holds true for boys.

A new study presented at the 60th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting further highlighted the possible dangers of excessive smartphone use. (Photo: Getty) If you are wondering ...