Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
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Articles on Puberty
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Girls who have their first period at a young age are more likely to experience poorer health as a adult, including an elevated risk of diabetes during pregnancy.
In developing countries, many girls feel unprepared when they go through puberty. And research indicates that low-income girls in the US may feel the same way.
Until now, the processes that lead some girls to start developing before others have been poorly understood.
Study finds that gene linked to risk-taking is associated with losing your virginity early.
Late maturing girls tend to be privileged in ballet training. This doesn’t have to be the case.
There is lot on the minds of teens other than school, grades and friends. Research shows being asked “prying” questions could make a real difference to their mental health.
The female sex hormone oestrogen can be produced and released from the brain as well as the ovaries, according to a study. The research, recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience, shows that the…
Puberty has long been recognised as a transition point in which many emotional and behavioural problems emerge. These include depression and anxiety, substance use and abuse, self-harm and eating disorders…
Boys are entering puberty earlier than previously thought, according to research from the United States recently published in the journal Pediatrics. The largest study of its type, enrolling 4,131 healthy…
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Senior research fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Research Associate, Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation , University of Glasgow
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Professor of Gender and Science Studies, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
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Professor of Paediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University
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Head of Department, Sociology and Criminology, University of Bradford
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NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Clinical Assistant Professor College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas at Arlington
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Associate Professor in Faith and Peaceful Relations at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Professor, Griffith Institute for Educational Research and School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Griffith University
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