During the pandemic, rates of precocious puberty rose by three-fold in some countries. Source: Engin_Akyurt / pixabay The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted people’s lives in many irreversible ways. One of ...

Among the laundry list of health problems COVID inflicted on the world's population, one of the more perplexing was an increase in the number of children experiencing what is known as idiopathic ...

Girls who received a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for infantile hydrocephalus had an increased risk of early puberty, particularly those with myelomeningocele and repeated shunt revisions, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with a high genetic risk score and high intake of some sweeteners were more likely to develop central ...

FARGO - The perils of puberty start with the pituitary. The brain makes a hormone that causes the pituitary gland to release two more hormones, which then produce the sex hormones that initiate ...

Consuming certain sweeteners commonly found in foods and beverages may increase the risk of early puberty in children, particularly among those who are genetically predisposed, according to a study ...