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

Autistic people — especially females — may be more likely to reach puberty early, although more research is necessary to explain the link. This can have significant social and psychological effects, ...

Children are starting puberty earlier than in the past, potentially due to a combination of environmental, lifestyle, and metabolic factors – but the reasons why are still puzzling scientists. On ...

The prevalence of early onset of puberty was higher in children with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) than those without HS, in a study that found precocious puberty increased the odds of developing HS ...

Zaria was just 9 years old when a nurse practitioner delivered news that rocked her world: The young girl was already showing signs of puberty development, and she was on track to get her period ...

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 ...

Kids who consume artificial and natural sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and glycyrrhizin may face an increased risk of early puberty, especially if they carry specific genetic markers. This ...

Kids who are exclusively breast-fed as infants are less likely to experience early puberty. This is the conclusion of South Korean researchers who studied the development and infant diets of more than ...

Precocious Puberty: Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment: By Anjali Srivastava Precocious puberty is a condition where the physical and hormonal signs of early puberty appear before the ...

From the Departments of Medicine and Roentgenology of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Infants' and Children's hospitals, Boston, and from the Departments of Medicine, Roentgenology, and ...