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  2. Precocious puberty - Wikipedia

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    In its broadest sense, and often simplified as early puberty, "precocious puberty" sometimes refers to any physical sex hormone effect, due to any cause, occurring earlier than the usual age, especially when it is being considered as a medical problem.

  3. Why Is Puberty Starting Earlier? New Research Points To ... - AOL

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    A new study may have found a reason why kids are going through early puberty. Here's what musk ambrette is and what parents should do, according to doctors.

  4. What is precocious puberty? Experts explain. - AOL

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    What causes precocious puberty? Scientists have still not pinned down a single reason for precocious puberty, and many factors can trigger it. The Endocrine Society says that genetics are the most ...

  5. With puberty starting earlier than ever, doctors urge greater ...

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    “Sometimes when kids go through puberty early, their bone age advances very quickly,” said Dr. Aviva Sopher, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

  6. Puberty - Wikipedia

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    Early-maturing males develop "more aggressive, law-breaking, and alcohol abusing" behaviors, which result in anger towards parents and trouble in school and with the police. Early puberty also correlates with increased sexual activity and a higher instance of teenage pregnancy, both of which can lead to depression and other psychosocial issues ...

  7. Pubarche - Wikipedia

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    When adrenarche, an increase in adrenal androgen production, central puberty, [14] and all disease-causing conditions have been excluded, the term isolated premature pubarche is used to describe the unexplained development of pubic hair at an early age in people without other hormonal or physical changes of puberty.

  8. Early puberty may be linked to a common chemical used in ...

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    Starting puberty significantly early — younger than age 8 in girls, 9 in boys — may have health effects lasting into adulthood, including higher risks of breast cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

  9. Latency stage - Wikipedia

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    The latency stage may begin around the age of 7 (the end of early childhood) and may continue until puberty, which happens around the age of 13.The age range is affected by childrearing practices; mothers in developed countries, during the time when Freud was forming his theories, were more likely to stay at home with young children, and adolescents began puberty on average later than ...

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