IN “Adolescent Sterility” Dr. Ashley-Montagu assembles an impressive body of facts which show that puberty in the female is not a sudden assumption of the capacity to reproduce, but a slow process of ...

Puberty is a wonderful, fun, uncomplicated, & totally non-awkward time (said no one ever). Puberty is a wonderful, fun, uncomplicated, and totally non-awkward time for those going through it (said no ...

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 ...

At age 6, Rebecca's body began to develop in ways that seemed unusual. Her mother, Ellen, had noticed a change in Rebecca's breast area, but some of the other little girls, the chubbier ones at least, ...

Puberty is much more than just a time of biological overdrive, propelled by sexual maturation. Progress in developmental science has greatly broadened the perspective of this critical maturational ...

Adolescence and puberty are not the same. Adolescence is that ten to twelve year period of social and psychological growth that transforms the dependent child (beginning in late elementary or early ...

Should a mother be alarmed if her daughter begins to sprout breast buds and pubic hair at 7 or 8? At the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics this week in Orlando, Florida, ...

Teen boys don’t always say they’re struggling with body image. Experts say the signs often show up quietly, during puberty, ...

Italy noticed it first. It was the first country to lock down during the COVID-19 pandemic, and later in 2020, researchers at Florence’s Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital were the first to ...

Puberty blockers suppress the bodily release of hormones that lead to all the changes in the body that accompany puberty. These blockers have been used for over 40 years to treat children who go ...

There are many possible causes of delayed puberty, some of which affect both genders and some of which are gender-specific. This condition generally refers to the late onset or absence of ...