Precocious puberty is when signs of sexual maturity occur earlier than age 8 in a girl and age 9 in a boy. (Photo: Getty Images) Every child goes through puberty, but not everyone experiences it at ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More children are starting puberty earlier, according to several reports. Now, doctors are urging more awareness for families. It’s called precocious puberty and it’s mostly ...

Background: Precocious pubarche is defined as the appearance of pubic hair at an age younger than 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys. Objectives: To determine the etiologies and clinical ...

Central precocious puberty (CPP) is when your child's body releases certain hormones too soon. This causes early physical growth and sexual development (aka precocious puberty) in girls before age 8 ...

The effect of cranial irradiation on pubertal development so far reported is the unfrequent occurrence of partial or complete gonadotropin deficiency (10 to 20 % of the cases in our experience). It is ...

The FDA has approved Fensolvi (leuprolide acetate; Tolmar Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with central precocious puberty. The Food and Drug ...

Exposure to blue light, like that from smartphones or tablets, may lead to early puberty in male rats, according to research presented at the 61st Annual European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology ...

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 ...