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A new poll of doctors shows that they feel woefully under-prepared to treat long COVID.

This is America Dissective.

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Lal Sayyid.

Over the last couple of years, pediatric endocrinologists have observed an unusual surge in the number

of referrals of girls with early puberty.

In fact, a recent study found that the number of girls with precocious puberty almost

doubled between 2016 and 2021.

In this trend, it's been observed all over the world, with similar studies in findings

in Turkey, Germany and South Korea.

What's going on?

Why are girls hitting puberty younger and younger?

Well, that's the topic of our episode today.

We'll get into all the causes that have led to this acceleration.

Hint, we'll be talking about the pandemic again, and all of the ways we can make this

experience easier.

But before we get to all that, let's take a step back.

I remember watching that quote miracle of life video in my seventh grade health class,

with about 50 other mortified tweens as we watched grainy footage of a child being born.

Our science teacher, the stand-in health teacher, was one of the coolest teachers in school.

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