A girl can have up to 14-fold higher risk of early puberty if her genetics line up that way, new research shows. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News A girl's genetics can indirectly influence the age ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Girls and boys will hit puberty early if their parents were early bloomers, a recent Danish study reports. Researchers studied the puberty timings of 672 girls and 846 boys and ...

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 ...

Puberty is the stage in which a boy or girl becomes sexually mature. This change is caused by hormones in the brain signaling the body to start producing sex hormones, primarily estrogen in girls and ...

From surging hormones and acne to body hair and body odor, puberty can be a rocky transition for any kid. But girls and boys who start physically developing sooner than their peers face particular ...

Girls and boys who were exclusively breastfed during their first four to six months showed a reduced risk of early puberty, according to a large new study from South Korea that Canadian doctors say ...

MICHIGAN — The teen years get a bad wrap when it comes to puberty and mental health, but that cliché doesn’t tell the whole story— and ignores some warning signs you should get ahead of. “Starting ...

Sugar and artificial sweeteners might trigger early puberty in some kids Sugar, aspartame, sucralose and glycyrrhizin were associated with early puberty in Taiwanese children Girls and boys responded ...

Children who endured abuse or violence in early childhood are more likely to show early signs of biological aging than kids who did not experience such trauma, a new study finds. Early-childhood abuse ...

Girls who enter puberty early may have a higher risk for mental health problems in adulthood than their later-developing peers, new research suggests. In a study of more than 7800 women in their 20s ...

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 ...