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Puberty is the maturation stage a person goes through when they develop secondary sexual characteristics. Usually, puberty occurs between the ages of 8 and 12 years in girls and between 9 and 14 years in boys.

Pandemic-related stressors have physically altered teens’ brains, study shows

A new study from Stanford University suggests that pandemic-related stressors have physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic.

1 Dec 2022

New EU-funded project aims to find better strategies to protect vulnerable people from mental illness

To improve understanding of mental health, today's symptom-based diagnoses need to be complemented with biological criteria accounting for differences between individuals and the sexes.

30 Nov 2022

Common chemotherapy drug could carry toxic inheritance for future generations of cancer survivors

A common chemotherapy drug could carry a toxic inheritance for children and grandchildren of adolescent cancer survivors, Washington State University-led research indicates.

28 Nov 2022

Maternal obesity during pregnancy causes metabolic perturbations in offspring's liver and skeletal muscle

A recent study in The FASEB Journal has identified metabolic perturbations in the liver and skeletal muscle of young nonhuman primates on normal diets whose mothers were obese during pregnancy.

23 Nov 2022

Adolescents who experience gender incongruence enter puberty earlier, study shows

A new study from Aarhus University shows that children who have expressed a desire at the age of 11 to be a different gender enter puberty earlier than their peers. However, more research is required, says the researchers behind the study.

21 Nov 2022

Study uncovers new rules for lineage progression

The hypothalamus, one of the most complex brain regions in the mammalian nervous system, contains an astonishing heterogeneity of neurons that regulate endocrine, autonomic and behavioral functions. It not only regulates food consumption, water intake, body temperature, circadian rhythm and sleep to maintain the survival of individual organisms, but also controls puberty onset and reproductive behavior to sustain the breeding population.

17 Nov 2022

Research in young rats shows how hormonal contraceptives may affect the brain

Reproductive health experts consider hormonal contraceptives good choices for adolescents because they're safe and highly effective at preventing pregnancy, but one aspect of their effect on the teenage body remains a mystery – whether and how they modify the developing brain.

16 Nov 2022

Researchers unravel neurobiological mechanisms impacted by early life adversity

Using cutting edge molecular techniques in rodent models, researchers are dissecting the neurobiological mechanisms impacted by early life adversity.

9 Nov 2022

New evidence of a critical neuroplasticity period in the frontal brain during adolescence

In a paper published in Progress in Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine neuroscientists described compelling new evidence of a critical neuroplasticity period in the frontal brain region during adolescence, a time when major mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia emerge and risk-taking behavior peaks.

8 Nov 2022

Hormone plays vital role in early prediction of age-related morbidity in men

Researchers have discovered the vital role of a hormone, that develops in men during puberty, in providing an early prediction of whether they could develop certain diseases in later life.

8 Nov 2022

Novel biomarker for the prediction of age-linked disease

Researchers have discovered the vital role of a hormone, that develops in men during puberty, in providing an early prediction of whether they could develop certain diseases in later life.

8 Nov 2022

Endocrine Society rebukes Florida Board of Medicine's decision to ban gender-affirming care

The Endocrine Society rebukes the Florida Board of Medicine's decision to ban gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse teenagers.

6 Nov 2022

Sleep Research Society's new position statement advocates the elimination of daylight saving time

With the annual change from daylight saving time to standard time approaching on Sunday, Nov. 6, a new position statement from the Sleep Research Society is advocating for the elimination of daylight saving time and the adoption of permanent standard time.

1 Nov 2022

Is maternal caffeine consumption associated with child growth, and are such associations present in low-consumption groups?

A new paper published in JAMA Network Open discusses the relationship between caffeine consumption in pregnancy and the future growth of the offspring.

1 Nov 2022

Vast majority of people with gender dysphoria continue using gender-affirming hormone treatment

Among individuals treated at a gender identity clinic in The Netherlands, those who used puberty supressing treatment before the age of 18 and then started gender-affirming hormones, 98% (704 out of 720) continued use at follow-up, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

20 Oct 2022

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Pandemic-related stressors have physically altered teens’ brains, study shows

New EU-funded project aims to find better strategies to protect vulnerable people from mental illness

Common chemotherapy drug could carry toxic inheritance for future generations of cancer survivors

Maternal obesity during pregnancy causes metabolic perturbations in offspring's liver and skeletal muscle

Adolescents who experience gender incongruence enter puberty earlier, study shows

Study uncovers new rules for lineage progression

Research in young rats shows how hormonal contraceptives may affect the brain

Researchers unravel neurobiological mechanisms impacted by early life adversity

New evidence of a critical neuroplasticity period in the frontal brain during adolescence

Hormone plays vital role in early prediction of age-related morbidity in men

Novel biomarker for the prediction of age-linked disease

Endocrine Society rebukes Florida Board of Medicine's decision to ban gender-affirming care

Sleep Research Society's new position statement advocates the elimination of daylight saving time

Is maternal caffeine consumption associated with child growth, and are such associations present in low-consumption groups?

Vast majority of people with gender dysphoria continue using gender-affirming hormone treatment

Male mice three times more likely than females to survive E. coli infection

Certain types of dietary fiber fuel inflammation in some people with inflammatory bowel disease

Study opens avenues to improve prognosis of children with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

New research sheds light on how teens can get more sleep

Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with reduced lung function during childhood

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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