The American Academy of Pediatrics has just released a new study saying that, when compared to data reported in the past, young boys in this country are hitting puberty about six months to two years sooner than they used to.
Thus, the average American boy enters puberty at the age of 10.
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21 October 2012
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Earlier this week, the New England Journal of Medicine witnessed the publication of a series of photos showing a Brazilian man who is suffering from a very rare medical condition: cutis verticis gyrata.
In simpler words, this man's scalp strikingly resembles the surface of the brain, meaning that is has numero... |
18 October 2012
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Kids who go through puberty earlier than normal have a higher chance of developing depression later on, during their teenage years. The conclusion belongs to a new study conducted by Australian investigators at the University of Melbourne.
The research was carried out on 155 adolescents, who were aged 12, 15, or 18... |
4 June 2012
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In a paper published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), investigators determined that the human brain matures at the exact same time when teenagers reach puberty.
The research, carried out on a sample of 67 teens, used electroencephalogram (EEG) readin... |
2 April 2012
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Human contamination filled the environment with estrogen-mimicking chemicals. For example, bisphenol A, a primary monomer in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, is a common constituent of many products, from sunglasses and CDs to water and food containers and shatter-resistant baby bottles to dental fillings. Th... |
7 February 2008
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You may say that, in a stable family, children are less exposed to sex imagery and these more protected girls are less prone to early sex. But a new research, published in "Child Development", shows they really turn later from little girls into little women. The research team at the University of Arizona and the Univ... |
16 November 2007
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A precocious girl may make her parents happy, but later, the issue can turn nasty. A team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill points out that teenaged girls who mature physically earlier than their counterparts do and who, also maintain a romantic relationship with a two years older partner are more e... |
23 March 2007
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Organic food producers and advocacy groups have supported the idea that milk from hormone-treated cows leads to the onset of early puberty as well as cancer risk. U.S. sales of organic dairy products rose from $133 million in 1996 to $1.3 billion in 2001, even if their cost is double than that of conventional product... |
21 March 2007
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Those protective parents that cram their beloved girls should know that this is exactly what will break the girls away from home. A new research showed that childhood obesity and overweight in the US could be linked to an earlier onset of puberty in girls. The team from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children&#... |
5 March 2007
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