At a back-to-school pool party for my fifth grader in August, I nearly leaped across the patio to accost a group of moms talking. “Perimenopause,” I heard. “Puberty,” I heard. “So much crying,” I ...

A flashpoint in the recent election surrounds children who want to live life as the opposite sex, a condition known as gender dysphoria. Controversy over treatments drove votes toward Donald Trump, ...

New research suggests that teens who feel better-prepared to take on the challenges of puberty are more resilient and have a ...

Unique Danish longitudinal study with over 136,000 measurements reveals the connection between pubertal development and weight throughout adolescence. Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk ...

Some children with gender dysphoria recruited to a trial on puberty blockers could remain on the drugs after the study ends despite them being banned in the UK to treat under-18s with the condition, ...