As a pediatric endocrinologist specializing in pubertal development, I am often asked for advice on how to help parents navigate their children’s physical and emotional changes. While puberty can be a ...

Spotting the signs of precocious puberty can help children receive timely treatment and avoid long-term effects.

You smell terrible, hair starts growing in weird places and red sores break out across your face. No, you’re not turning into a werewolf. It’s just puberty, and every human has to go through it.

As a mother of two little girls, I expected that puberty would be a tempestuous time for our family, full of emotional roller coasters and bodily changes. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

I walked into the operating room on a sunny Tuesday morning, feeling slightly punch-drunk already, clinging to the hand of a nurse because, with my glasses off, I couldn’t see a thing. The room was a ...

Study examines brain changes during puberty to explain loss of learning ability. March 22, 2010— -- Any mom who's struggled to ski as her children whizzed by on the bunny hill, or any dad who's ...