Women’s health is often sidelined in the hustle of daily responsibilities, but regular screenings and proactive care can ...

Young girls' bodies are maturing faster than their brains can keep up. A new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital finds 42-percent of African American girls have hit puberty by age 8. The result ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — American girls are entering puberty at earlier ages, putting them at far greater risk for breast cancer later in life and for all sorts of social and emotional problems well ...

American boys are starting puberty up to two years earlier than decades ago, new data show. Boys are entering puberty at an average age of 10 among whites and Hispanics, and at an average age of 9 ...

Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever. While synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals are often cast as the primary culprits, puberty is ...

A new Danish study compiles 10 years of research from one of the world's largest and most detailed puberty cohorts and points to three main conclusions: puberty is occurring earlier; genes, pregnancy ...

Tanner stages track five milestone physical changes during puberty for both boys and girls. Early puberty in females starts before age 8, and before age 9 in males. Delayed puberty is when girls don't ...

Higher levels of key steroid hormones-combined with elevated stress and body mass index (BMI)-are associated with earlier ...

July 14 (UPI) --Sugar and artificial sweeteners might increase the risk of early puberty in children, a new study says. Sugar, aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda) and glycyrrhizin (licorice root) ...

Why do some teens wind up with mental health and substance abuse problems? It’s something researchers have worked to explain over the years, pointing to everything from parenting styles to genetic ...