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

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The awkward “birds and bees” talk might be happening too late for many American kids. A shocking new poll finds that while puberty is starting earlier than ever, with 17% of ...

Medical and public concern about a controversial UK trial of puberty blockers is on the rise, as are efforts to derail it. The clinical Pathways trial is due to begin recruiting children and ...

PUBERTY blockers may not even be safe for animals so the NHS should call off its experiment on teenagers who think they are ...

EXCLUSIVE — The National Institutes of Health has pumped millions of tax dollars into a yearslong research project to study the “mental health benefits” of puberty blockers, in apparent hopes of ...

Teens who feel confident in managing the physical, emotional, and social changes that come with puberty report fewer symptoms ...

Puberty blockers will be tested on children with gender dysphoria, researchers have announced, after a major independent inquiry led to the overhaul of NHS gender services. Researchers from King's ...

Jaimie Veale was the founding President of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA). She is supported by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, awarded by Royal Society Te ...

Pennsylvania saw a meteoric rise in the number of adolescents receiving puberty blockers through an insurance billing code ...

A newly published study by researchers from Emory University and Harvard University found a connection between childhood exposure to air pollution and the age at which U.S. girls experienced their ...

Young men who hit puberty later have lower bone mass but healthier fat-to-muscle ratios, suggesting that delayed maturation may offer long-term body composition benefits. Study: Association between ...

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