A mother is warning parents about the risks of accidental exposure to topical hormone gels after her daughter began showing signs of puberty at just three years old - an experience she says caused her ...

More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done. When Lola was eight years old, she went through a massive growth ...

Girls who go through puberty early may tower over their second-grade classmates but they wind up becoming short adults—menarche halts long-bone growth. And because hormones do not act in isolation, ...