Puberty is the time when children's bodies start to make hormones that lead to physical changes and signs of maturation.

Sunway Medical Centre’s Paediatric Endocrine Clinic in Sunway City provides expert care for adolescents aged 10 to 21, ...

While each experience of adolescence is individually unique, I believe that many changes and challenges are much the same for them all. Usually beginning around ages 9 to 13 years, this eight- to ...

Most young people seem to understand that adolescence is no time to go it alone. Such social isolation can breed loneliness (“I don’t have friends to keep me company”) and ignorance (“No one tells me ...

Across Ohio, programs are rethinking how to support youth in transition to adulthood. Experts said it means aligning systems ...

Differences in the growth, weight, and body fat levels of children conceived through fertility treatment are small, and no longer apparent by late adolescence, finds new research. The University of ...

Many mood and psychological disorders develop during adolescence; however, the relationship between adolescent stress-related neurogenesis and psychiatric illnesses during this period remains unclear.

Growth plates are areas of cartilage found at the ends of long bones. They play a role in the bone growth of children and teens. An injury to a growth plate can affect the development of a bone. While ...

Longitudinally increasing patterns of social media use in children was linked to lower cognitive performance 2 years later.

Social media, school pressures and anti-LGBTQ discrimination are among the factors combining to create new challenges for ...