Tanner stages are a tool used by healthcare providers to evaluate development in puberty. They detail five specific stages of physical change in puberty, including genital, breast, and pubic hair ...

In the first-ever genome-scale analysis of the puberty process in humans, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) outline distinct and critical changes to ...

A girl whose biological father does not live in her household has a higher chance of entering puberty earlier than her peers, say researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, in an article ...

The nutritional status, prenatally and early postnatally, plays a critical role in postnatal growth and development. Early malnutrition may change the original programming of organs, especially those ...