Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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) ...

Central precocious puberty (CPP) is when your child's body releases certain hormones too soon. This causes early physical growth and sexual development (aka precocious puberty) in girls before age 8 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More children are starting puberty earlier, according to several reports. Now, doctors are urging more awareness for families. It’s called precocious puberty and it’s mostly ...

It’s often said that kids grow up fast these days. Turns out, it’s true. Researchers have found that over the last century, the average age of puberty for boys and girls — once in the late teens — has ...

Background: Precocious pubarche is defined as the appearance of pubic hair at an age younger than 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys. Objectives: To determine the etiologies and clinical ...

The effect of cranial irradiation on pubertal development so far reported is the unfrequent occurrence of partial or complete gonadotropin deficiency (10 to 20 % of the cases in our experience). It is ...

The FDA has approved Fensolvi (leuprolide acetate; Tolmar Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with central precocious puberty. The Food and Drug ...

Girls who received a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for infantile hydrocephalus had an increased risk of early puberty, particularly those with myelomeningocele and repeated shunt revisions, a ...

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 ...