IN “Adolescent Sterility” Dr. Ashley-Montagu assembles an impressive body of facts which show that puberty in the female is not a sudden assumption of the capacity to reproduce, but a slow process of ...

Central precocious puberty (CPP) is a condition that causes very early puberty in children. Puberty is the process during which children mature and develop into adults. Girls typically reach puberty ...

Puberty is a wonderful, fun, uncomplicated, & totally non-awkward time (said no one ever). Puberty is a wonderful, fun, uncomplicated, and totally non-awkward time for those going through it (said no ...

Acne, awkwardness, body odor—puberty can be a tough time. But things get even more complicated when puberty starts at an exceptionally young age, and today many girls are beginning the process younger ...

Parenting a child with any health condition is no small task. While your first priority may be to support them, it's also important to know your needs throughout the process, from the moment you get ...

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

For something as monumental as puberty -- the period of rapid physical growth that transforms a child’s body into an adult’s -- not much is known about the intricacies of pubertal development and how ...

“What happens when a girl has the brain of an 8-year old and the body of a 13-year old?” Louise Greenspan, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist at Kaiser Permanente, and Julianna Deardorff, PhD, an ...

There are many possible causes of delayed puberty, some of which affect both genders and some of which are gender-specific. This condition generally refers to the late onset or absence of ...