NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls are beginning to grow breasts at an earlier age, and starting their periods sooner too, new research from Denmark shows. The findings back up recent studies that ...

A new study points to a possible factor in the trend of children reaching puberty at younger ages in recent decades. The first-of-its-kind research found that a common chemical, musk ambrette, used to ...

At the start of health and wellness class, one of my students blurted out, “Can we just skip it?” He wasn’t talking about the class; he wanted to skip puberty. As a school counselor, I know the mere ...

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July 14 (UPI) --Sugar and artificial sweeteners might increase the risk of early puberty in children, a new study says. Sugar, aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda) and glycyrrhizin (licorice root) ...