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

“I often meet parents who walk in worried because their seven- or eight-year-old is showing changes they expected only in their teenage years. A little breast development, new body odour, hair growth ...

You smell terrible, hair starts growing in weird places and red sores break out across your face. No, you’re not turning into ...

FARGO - The perils of puberty start with the pituitary. The brain makes a hormone that causes the pituitary gland to release two more hormones, which then produce the sex hormones that initiate ...

Puberty is a complex process involving the interplay of hypothalamic, pituitary, and gonadal hormones. It is the phase of growth in which secondary sexual characteristics develop and linear growth is ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — UAMS is bringing their Girlology puberty session once again this September as they look to help young girls face puberty with confidence. The event, held for girls aged 8-14 with ...

Humans are hairy, and sometimes that hair pops up in places we’d rather it didn’t. Consider unruly chin hair, which is something most women deal with — much to their annoyance. “Why did no one tell ...