The body changes, hormones surge, and the transition from child to teenager is well underway. But when puberty begins earlier ...

New research shows that starting puberty earlier than classmates may increase anxiety and emotional struggles, especially for ...

New research shows Ice Age teens from 25,000 years ago went through similar puberty stages as modern-day adolescents. In a study published today in the Journal of Human Evolution of the timing of ...

The implications of this work are that pubertal development and its timing should be considered, and potentially targeted, in efforts to improve cardiometabolic health. Experiencing puberty earlier, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New ...