puberty
US Supreme Court to weigh Tennessee ban on transgender puberty blockers for minors
The US Supreme Court will wade into the pitched battle over transgender treatment for minors during its next term -- after lobbying from everyone from the Biden administration to trans...
German scientists find that teens smell uniquely of cheese, urine and goat once they hit puberty
Notes of sweat, urine, cheese and goat were present in samples collected from post-pubescent teens, compared to essences of lilac and raspberry found in babies, a team of six researchers...
Activists lobbying to 'morally' allow trans kids to change their bodies are only doing more harm
Pushing experimental medical intervention, with irrevocable changes, to a population that isn't allowed to legally get a tattoo or vote is just evil.
Blue light from phones, tablets and TVs may induce early puberty: study
Excessive screen time may be taking more from children than their attention. For the first time, researchers in Turkey have shown that blue light exposure can speed up the onset...
Clearblue launches first at-home menopause test: 'Personal knowledge'
"This product can help [a woman] to understand her journey and give her the personal knowledge that can help her be more in control," Suruchi Thakore, M.D. said.
Frustrated ex-Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson spars with Tucker Carlson over child gender transitions at Iowa forum
The former Fox News host questioned Hutchinson during the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines about his 2021 rejection of a bill that barred hormone therapy, puberty blockers and gender...
England's health service won't give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics
The National Health Service said Friday that “outside of a research setting, puberty-suppressing hormones should not be routinely commissioned for children and adolescents.”
Hormone therapy for trans kids supported at 'highest levels' of Biden admin: HHS
"President Biden supports you ... Vice President Harris supports you," Rachel Levine said of trans kids and the health centers treating them with hormones and puberty blockers.
Radicalized sex-ed: A telling tale of how NYC educrats shut out parents, even on Community Education Councils
I recently listened to our school’s sex educator exclaim that she teaches her entire puberty course without saying “boy or girl, man or woman once.”
'Believe it or not': Intersex person reveals what dating is like for them
Typically, the intersex person will have things such as chromosomes, hormones or sex organs of both genders like Blume.
My 11-year-old daughter keeps asking my teen son about boners
One Aussie mom saw the hilarious side of it all after her 11-year-old daughter got the "puberty talk" at school.
Noah Schnapp: 'Stranger Things' directors were 'not loving' when the cast hit puberty
"I don’t know what to tell you. My voice is dropping," the now-17-year-old told his elder.
Dogs go through puberty angst as adolescents just like humans
Teenage dogs also rebel.
New 'period' emoji included in latest iPhone update
Apple has added nearly 400 new emojis as part of its latest iOS update, including gender-neutral people and a drop of blood to represent menstruation. As part of iOS 13.2,...
Sex ed program for Gen-Z kids covers porn, sexting
In a Park Slope brownstone, a teacher sifts through a group of preteens' most private, embarrassing questions about sex. Earlier that evening, blushing students scrawled down things they were too...
Early puberty in girls linked to beauty product chemicals: study
As if being a pre-teen girl isn’t hard enough. A new study says some common soaps, shampoos and other personal care products may be putting adolescent girls at a higher...
Smartphone radiation may cause memory loss in teens
Radiation from smartphones could be leaving teenagers with short-term memory loss, a top scientist has warned. Just one year's worth of exposure can be enough to damage the part of...
Parents are throwing their daughters period parties
Wave goodbye to the stigma, because parents are now throwing "period parties" for their teenage daughters. And party favors include packs of tampons, sanitary towels and uterus-shaped cakes. Period parties...
Adolescence now starts at 10 and lasts until 24
Young people continuing their education for longer, as well as delayed marriage and parenthood, has redefined common perceptions of when adulthood starts, scientists wrote in the Lancet Child & Adolescent...
5-year-old girl faces menopause a year after getting her period
A little girl is facing the menopause after she started her period at four-years-old. Five-year-old Emily Dover has now become "very conscious of her body" after her breasts started to...