Precocious puberty

Let’s face the truth. Curfews do not need to be enforced. The city council wants to enforce a curfew that would make it illegal for teens to be out past 10 p.m. on weekdays or after midnight on weekends. We should consider the reality of this world and accept that teenagers, no matter what time it is, if they wish to, can participate in illegal or unsafe activity. On top of this enforcement being ineffective, it is unconstitutional; it fails to provide teenagers with the same rights as anyone…

Harmful chemicals found in consumer products every year put humans and the environment at risk. Unfortunately you can’t just shop your way around the chemicals. Chemicals are found in more items then what one thinks. The article “Chemical in Plastic May Harm Children” by LA Times staff writer Marla Cone you learn that the chemicals found in plastic products can lead to harmful side effects. The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA was found to be harmful by The National Toxicology Program. The…

the article, “Obesity, Early Puberty and Why We Should Be Concerned,” Laurence Steinburg emphasizes the effects that puberty has on a child. Throughout the article, it is explained that puberty at an early age has a bad effect on a child, not only physically, but also mentally. According to Steinburg’s research, “Children who mature early are at significantly greater risk for all sorts of behavioral and psychological problems, including substances use and abuse, precocious sex, and delinquency.…

Chapters three and four of Greenspan and Dearborne’s book, The New Puberty, discuss the biological and environmental influences on the pubertal process with particular emphasis on symptoms of early puberty and the potential causes and concerns. Bodily changes, such as the appearance of pubic hair and breast development, are both signs of puberty, however, they are not always true indicators that early puberty has actually occurred. As Greenspan and Dearborne explain, “Because pubic hair reflects…

Social media has made a lasting impact on teenagers lives.But the impact is taking a toll on teenagers and the way they view themselves.This has led to more cases of bulimia,Anorexia,and binge eating disorders. All because of the Media's idea of a perfect women,girls are turning their body into a project and trying to become what society and the media wants to become. But the Media idea of a perfect body has been around longer than we think.During the 19th century girls who were large or robust…

produced. This can cause women with NCAH to develop other disorders like hirsutism, acne, alopecia, anovulation, and menstrual dysfunction (Witchel). Men may also experience peripubertal gynecomastia, the development of breasts around the time of puberty, and limited to no ability to reproduce…

Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia or NCAH is a disorder that affects both men and women from late childhood through the rest of their lives. Compared to its sister form, classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia, it is non-life threatening. The Mayo Clinic, a service that gives people medical information and helps set up doctor appointments, defines NCAH as “a collection of genetic conditions that limit your adrenal glands' ability to make certain vital hormones.” These vital hormones…

In mammals, longitudinal bone growth occurs at the growth plate by endochondral bone formation. The growth plate consists of three principal zones: resting, proliferative, and hypertrophic. The resting zone lies adjacent to the epiphyseal bone and contains infrequently dividing chondrocytes. The proliferative zone contains replicating chondrocytes arranged in columns parallel to the long axis of the bone. The proliferative chondrocytes located farthest from the resting zone stop replicating and…

Children who develop multiple symptoms of conduct disorder are at high risk of failing to adapt socially, possibly leading to academic failure, rejection by their peers, precocious sexual activity, promiscuity, smoking, alcohol or substance abuse, membership in delinquent gangs, depression, suicidal thoughts, child pregnancy, unemployment, and poor physical health. Co-existence of hyperactivity with conduct problems is associated…

(LH). LH is the hormone that controls the production of estrogen in female animal subjects while in male animal subjects it controls the production of testosterone. FSH plays a key role in the regulation of growth, development, and maturation during puberty in both the male and female animal test subjects. Triptorelin is said to offer better regulatory process of developmental hormone secretion and consequently enabling an enhanced measure of homeostasis as it is linked to growth and…