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EL PASO PRIME TIME: The increasing trend of early puberty among girls

Noemi Rojas and Dennis talks with Sireesha Y. Reddy, professor & Vice Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso.  Reddy specializes in pediatric & adolescent gynecology, and she talks about the increasing trend of early puberty among girls as young as 7 or 8.  It’s an issue that Noemi is having to confront with her own young daughter.  

Aired May 23, 2015

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