August 20, 2007

The teen gene: Switching on puberty


DID you stare into the mirror every morning, desperate for signs that your body was starting to develop like those of your classmates? Or perhaps you were the one who started sprouting breasts or facial hair years before your peers, and got teased just as much as the late developers.
Though it happens to practically everyone, the start of puberty is highly unpredictable: it can happen as naturally to a girl of 8 as to one aged 13. The range is just as wide in boys,....Read More.....................

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