More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be ...

Medical and public concern about a controversial UK trial of puberty blockers is on the rise, as are efforts to derail it.

JK Rowling has demanded that the Government scrap an NHS puberty blocker trial that she branded an “experiment on children”.

It is unconscionable to coerce young people into participating and, for half of the cohort, delay the care they’ve been ...

The New Zealand government also announced a ban on prescribing puberty blockers to people not already receiving them ...

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) Every child goes through puberty, but not everyone experiences it at ...

Jennifer Benton’s daughter was just 5 years old when her kindergarten teacher pointed out something unusual: the young girl was developing breasts. It was 2019 and the little girl loved playing with ...

It’s a natural part of aging, but talking about puberty with your child can be embarrassing and uncomfortable. Puberty, a time in life when a person becomes sexually mature, typically happens for boys ...

Children as young as ten are being asked to rate their private body parts as part of a controversial trial over the use of ...

When author Naama Bloom watched her hilarious “Camp Gyno” video, about a tween who is the first girl at her summer camp to get a period, go viral in 2013, she knew she was on to something. She ...

A study found an association between a mother's weight and early puberty. Girls born to obese mothers are more likely to start puberty early than daughters of normal-weight or underweight mothers, new ...

Individual sports rely on different physical and physiological attributes, and no two gender transitions are identical.