Puberty

Boys with excessive weight gain during puberty are at increased risk of death due to heart disease later in life, a study reveals.

According to researchers from Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia, underprivileged more likely to experience puberty earlier than their peers and this may lead to certain health complications later in life.

When young teenagers reach puberty, both girls and boys tend to experience a rapid drop in the number of calories that they burn, finds a new study. The research, also explains the dramatic rise in ...

Recent guidelines from WHO state that populations around the world are consuming much more salt than is physiologically necessary.

Late onset of puberty as well as a late arrival of menopause is likely to increase the chances of women surviving upto 90 years, says a study.

Menopause is when the monthly waves of estrogen and other hormones that women have been surfing since puberty finally ebb for good. Periods cease, of course. But all kinds of other biological processes change as ...

Early puberty in girls has now been shown to be a significant marker for several adverse health outcomes, including gestational diabetes, says a new study.

Plastics are not naturally producing elements of the earth; they are synthetically manufactured with a combination of chemicals. Two class of suspects under scientific scrutiny are bisphenol A and phthalates. When food is stored in ...

Many of us don't realize that it is not what we put on our face that matters alone, it is also what we put 'on our plate that plays an important role in the way ...

Tradition dictates that nine young girls, who have not attained puberty yet, are invited to homes, worshipped and offered kanya bhoj.