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At least 30 genes appear to play a role in the age at which girls reach puberty, according to an international group of scientists.

A prenatal pill for congenital adrenal hyperplasia to prevent ambiguous genitalia may reduce the chance that a female with the disorder will be gay. Critics call it engineering for sexual orientation.

Girls are hitting puberty earlier than ever, a change that puts them at higher risk for behavior problems now, cancer problems later, a study ...

Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls have fallen ill in recent days after reporting a strange odor in their classrooms, prompting an ...

For the shy Afghan girl who sat quietly in a detention center with a pale blue headscarf, teenage rebellion had come at a heavy price: seven years in prison.

You thought you loved Justin Bieber? Yeah, well your obsession is probably nothing like the girls MTV recently interviewed. They totally love Justin Bieber. Like way more than you ever will.

The intense search for Chelsea King ended Tuesday when authorities unearthed a body in a shallow grave near the lakeside park where the teenager had gone running last week.

After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude -- and score lower on tests, researchers say.

Police say a man fatally shot his 9-year-old daughter and her baby sitter in a New York City suburb.

Authorities say they have not identified a child's body they found Wednesday in a landfill while searching for a missing 7-year-old girl. Family members were hopeful the girl is still alive, though neighbors in the girl's community feared the worst....