Puberty, pregnancy and menopause can feel like completely separate chapters of life. But each involves major hormonal shifts, and scientists have now compared what happens to the brain across all ...

A new study indicates that puberty and pregnancy are associated with similar patterns of widespread structural change in the female brain, primarily marked by reductions in gray matter. The research ...

Ten-year-olds developing adult bodies, eight-year-olds needing training bras, and seven-year-olds starting their periods – these scenarios that would have been shocking medical anomalies just a ...

Everyone goes through puberty differently. However, there are puberty stages that usually happen at certain ages in a young person’s development. In this article, we look at the stages of puberty for ...

When most people think of puberty, the teenage years come to mind. This period, which generally happens between ages 8 and 14, is when you develop from a kid into an adult. Your body goes through many ...

Precocious puberty is puberty that begins earlier than usual. An underlying condition may cause it, but other people experience early puberty for no apparent reason. Even when puberty occurs early ...

Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Puberty marks a dramatic period of change for young people. Now new research shows children who grow up in poor homes enter ...

Puberty usually starts between ages 9 and 15 in boys and 8 and 13 in girls. Timing varies widely, so friends may develop sooner. In boys, puberty begins when testosterone rises. One of the first signs ...

Puberty is a time of sexual growth and development. It's a time when your body starts to change and you begin to look more like a grown-up. Boys start to look like young men. Girls start to look more ...