THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Puberty is the time when children’s bodies start to make hormones that lead to physical changes and signs of maturation. It prepares the body for ...

Puberty isn’t waiting for the teenage years anymore. Experts explain why girls are growing up faster than before ...

As if mom were not to blame for enough already, new research is showing a link between early puberty in girls and a lack of maternal-infant bonding. That puberty is transforming girls into women at ...

Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk of developing overweight later in life – even if they were not overweight as children. This is shown by a new study from Aarhus University, which has ...

California mother Jennifer was stunned when her 6-year-old daughter started developing breasts and experienced her first period shortly before turning 8. With no family history of early puberty and no ...

Sweetener intake, including aspartame and sucralose, was associated with an increased risk for early puberty in children, particularly in those who were genetically predisposed. Sex-specific effects ...

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