A pediatric nurse of twenty years, and founder of We-Shirts and Keysie, Kearsley has spent years watching what happens in the ...

A new Danish study compiles 10 years of research from one of the world's largest and most detailed puberty cohorts and points to three main conclusions: puberty is occurring earlier; genes, pregnancy ...

Puberty blockers will be tested on children with gender dysphoria, researchers have announced, after a major independent inquiry led to the overhaul of NHS gender services. Researchers from King's ...

As a pediatric endocrinologist specializing in pubertal development, I am often asked for advice on how to help parents navigate their children’s physical and emotional changes. While puberty can be a ...

Doctors at a gender clinic in California doled out puberty blockers to kids as young as 9 — despite reportedly admitting behind the scenes that some research backing gender-affirming care for children ...

Higher levels of key steroid hormones—combined with elevated stress and body mass index (BMI)—are associated with earlier ...

A new study published in Science Advances sheds light on how changes in brain connections before and after puberty might explain why some children with a rare genetic condition called 22q11.2 deletion ...

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