Rising childhood obesity is linked to early puberty and PCOS in adolescent girls. Here's how excess weight affects hormones, ...

Adolescence and puberty are not the same. Adolescence is that 10- to 12-year period of social and psychological growth that transforms the dependent child (beginning in late elementary or early middle ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence, according to the results of a newly published study ...

Learn about the significant impacts of delayed puberty on children's growth, development, and emotional well-being, and the ...

Puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones are rarely prescribed to U.S. transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of ...

A mother documents her family’s journey through puberty, autism, grief, and the systems that define adulthood without ...

Comic book author Chelsea Cain said she’s faced a whole lot of social media ugliness. Two years ago, Marvel canceled her “Mockingbird” series, in which the heroine was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and spy.