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

A sweeping review of 12 international cohort studies shows that heavier boys, especially those carrying excess weight after age six, reach key puberty milestones sooner, reshaping how parents and ...

Leave It to Beaver star Jeri Weil is opening up about her time on the show and why she ultimately left Hollywood Weil said that the producers ‘had a problem’ when she started to go through puberty She ...

Young girls' bodies are maturing faster than their brains can keep up. A new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital finds 42-percent of African American girls have hit puberty by age 8. The result ...

What was studied: Whether kids who eat certain sweeteners (like aspartame, sucralose, glycyrrhizin, and added sugar) may face a higher risk of early puberty — especially when they carry genes that ...