Your period could be crampin’ your style — and your future health. Girls are reaching puberty faster than previous generations, a phenomenon perplexing researchers. The average age of the start of ...

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first period earlier than in decades past. Researchers say there are multiple factors causing early puberty, including obesity and environmental pollutants. Girls ...

Providing your kid with the necessary products, as well as realistic, body-positive conversations about their development, will help them feel as though they can handle menstruation independently ...

The age you got your first period, also called menarche, is one of those milestones people remember forever. It feels loaded with meaning, and for good reason. Hormones, growth, fertility, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study out of Brazil links early or late menstruation onset to health struggles later in life. How the timing of your first ...