The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

Objective: To determine whether the timing of puberty associates with school performance. Methods: Growth data on 13,183 children born between 1997 and 2002, were collected from child health clinics ...

New research reveals that early growth patterns can help predict adult height and pubertal growth, but not when puberty will begin—challenging assumptions about how early development shapes ...

Puberty blockers – the name given to GnRH analogues, a medication used to treat precocious puberty and manage gender dysphoria in some young trans people – were the subject of a temporary ban by the ...

Puberty blockers are drugs used to delay or prevent puberty happening and had sometimes been prescribed to children questioning their gender. Among those who have told political parties not to ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics enable transformational understanding and discovery in research by categorising any document into meaningful, accessible topics. Read this blog to understand ...

Scottish Trans has said a puberty blockers ban is unlikely north of the border, despite one being introduced on the NHS in England ...

Introduction: This study aimed to explore the impact of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa) on final adult height (FAH) in girls with early and fast puberty. Methods: A retrospective study ...