Puberty marks the end of childhood and is a period when individuals undergo physiological
and psychological changes to achieve sexual maturation and fertility. The hypothalamic …

During the past decade, possible advancement in timing of puberty has been reported in the
United States. In addition, early pubertal development and an increased incidence of sexual …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of variants associated
with complex traits, but their biological interpretation often remains unclear. Most of these …

Life history theory provides a metatheoretical framework for the study of pubertal timing from
an evolutionary-developmental perspective. The current article reviews 5 middle-level …

Using data from rural Bangladesh, we explore the hypothesis that women attain less
schooling as a result of social and financial pressure to marry young. We isolate the causal …

The decline in age at puberty in the general population has been paralleled by an increase
in the number of girls referred for evaluation of precocious puberty (PP). In 1999, The …

Osteoporosis is a common disease with a strong genetic component characterized by
reduced bone mass, defects in the microarchitecture of bone tissue, and an increased risk of …

To identify loci for age at menarche, we performed a meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide
association studies in 87,802 women of European descent, with replication in up to 14,731 …

Background Sexually explicit media exposure during early adolescence has been found to
be associated with risky sexual behavior. However, previous study suffered from …

The purpose of this study was to review published studies on the variability of age at
menarche and age at menopause throughout the world, and to identify the main causes for …