Girls may be less likely than boys to have their short height checked out for possible medical causes, at least among poor kids, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 33,000 ...

Young girls with eating disorders whose growth is stunted by inadequate nutrition may achieve catch-up growth in height if they regain weight soon enough — but it takes several years, a new study ...

A study of more than 117,000 Danish women provides the most convincing evidence yet of a link between a girl’s growth rate and her risk of developing breast cancer later in life. The report, published ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In girls who experience moderately early puberty, gonadotropin-releasing human analogue treatment had no effect ...

Watching your baby girl grow is one of the most joyful experiences of parenthood. Between 12 to 24 months, she begins to move from infancy into early childhood, which is a stage full of physical, ...