You smell terrible, hair starts growing in weird places and red sores break out across your face. No, you’re not turning into ...

As a pediatric endocrinologist specializing in pubertal development, I am often asked for advice on how to help parents navigate their children’s physical and emotional changes. While puberty can be a ...

As a mother of two little girls, I expected that puberty would be a tempestuous time for our family, full of emotional roller coasters and bodily changes. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done.

I walked into the operating room on a sunny Tuesday morning, feeling slightly punch-drunk already, clinging to the hand of a nurse because, with my glasses off, I couldn’t see a thing. The room was a ...