“While stress and BMI have long been recognized as independent predictors of puberty, few studies have examined how they ...

A new study reports associations between specific hormones, higher BMI, and stress with earlier puberty in girls, a trend ...

A pediatric nurse of twenty years, and founder of We-Shirts and Keysie, Kearsley has spent years watching what happens in the ...

This week, as BBC Radio 4 explores what it means to grow up as a girl in 2026, health presenter Laura Foster is examining a ...

Two previously unknown stem cell types appear to play a central role in children's height growth, according to a study from ...

The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Puberty lessons, as part of sex education, typically begin in the fifth grade. Many experts say that's too late. (Collage: Getty ...

When author Naama Bloom watched her hilarious “Camp Gyno” video, about a tween who is the first girl at her summer camp to get a period, go viral in 2013, she knew she was on to something. She ...

As if being a pre-teen girl isn’t hard enough. A new study says some common soaps, shampoos and other personal care products may be putting adolescent girls at a higher risk of certain cancers and ...

As access to gender-affirming care for minors narrows, clinicians are adapting — using nonhormonal options, stronger mental ...