Health
Low-income girls often feel unprepared for puberty
My colleagues and I have conducted research focused on understanding and addressing the gap in menstrual support in countries around the world for over a decade.
Mar 7, 2017
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News tagged with puberty
Health
Women with early periods at increased risk of early or premature menopause
A large international study has linked early puberty and childlessness with an increased risk of early menopause.
Jan 25, 2017
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Health
New study finds girls feel unprepared for puberty
Girls from low-income families in the U.S. are unprepared for puberty and have largely negative experiences of this transition, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Johns ...
Jan 4, 2017
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Medical research
Why some girls grow breasts early—and how new findings could cut cancer risks
When a girl's breasts start growing early, it can be a sign she will develop certain diseases later in life. There is evidence of early puberty leading to increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer ...
Jan 4, 2017
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Diabetes
Excessive BMI increase during puberty identified as a new risk factor for mortality due to cardiovascular disease
Boys with a large increase in body mass index (BMI) during puberty are at increased risk of death due to cardiovascular disease later in life. There is no corresponding risk among boys overweight when younger and who have ...
Nov 9, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows puberty changes facial recognition
Faces are as unique as fingerprints and can reveal a great deal of information about our health, personalities, age, and feelings. Penn State researchers recently discovered adolescents begin to view faces differently as ...
Sep 28, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Teenage weight gain down to dramatic drop in calories they burn
An acceleration in obesity among young teenagers could be explained by a 12-year-long study which found that the number of calories they burn while at rest drops suddenly in puberty.
Sep 8, 2016
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Neuroscience
Social behavior of male mice needs estrogen receptor activation in brain region at puberty
A team of researchers led by Dr. Sonoko Ogawa at Tsukuba University revealed that expression of an estrogen receptor (ERα) in the medial amygdala (MeA) of the limbic system during puberty is essential for the testosterone-regulated ...
Jul 19, 2016
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Genetics
Researchers identify possible link between the environment and puberty
Danish researchers have discovered a possible epigenetic link between the environment and pubertal timing. To a large extent, pubertal timing is heritable, but the underlying genetic causes are still unexplained. Researchers ...
Jun 28, 2016
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Health
Pubertal timing strongly influences men's sexual and reproductive health
A new study from Rigshospitalet and EDMaRC finds a strong association between late onset of puberty and subsequent semen quality. This is the first study of its kind to investigate the influence of pubertal timing on male ...
Jun 8, 2016
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