Today's teens and tweens are experiencing puberty earlier than ever before and in different ways. Cara Natterson and Vanessa ...

This week, as BBC Radio 4 explores what it means to grow up as a girl in 2026, health presenter Laura Foster is examining a striking scientific reality: that girls today are hitting puberty earlier ...

Mood swings and emotional volatility have often been treated as unavoidable side effects of adolescence. Yet Karen Kearsley argues that they are better understood as signals of a developmental phase ...

Could my son be going through puberty though he is only just 10 years old? He has very fine pubic and underarm hair and tells me he has slight body odour by the end of the day. I have read up on this ...

Young girls are entering puberty earlier than ever and scientists are racing to understand why. Laura Foster asks how obesity, screens, stress and Covid are reshaping childhood. Show more This week, ...

My son is 11-years-old and I know he is approaching puberty. He is experiencing mood swings, tearfulness for no apparent reason and developing physically. Although there seems to be plenty of products ...

The goals of androgen therapy for adolescents are to promote linear growth and secondary sexual characteristics, and at the same time permit the normal accrual of muscle mass and bone mineral content.

Writing in the mid-twentieth century, Erikson was sensitive to the ways that society could shape personality, but no one ...

Most boys are done growing by the time they’re 16 years old. Some boys may continue to grow another inch or so in their later teen years, and muscles will continue to grow into adulthood. Most boys ...

Testosterone levels peak for males during puberty and decline with age in all genders. With low testosterone in males, you can have a decreased sex drive, trouble with erections, and low sperm count.

Delayed growth means a child is growing more slowly than expected for their age. It’s often due to constitutional delay or familial short stature. Other potential causes include growth hormone (GH) ...