What shapes the direction of your child's life? Over 1,400 teenagers named the most pivotal events of their lives. Here's ...

Child and adolescent development spans rapid and interlinked changes in physical growth, cognitive capacities and social and emotional skills from infancy through the teenage years. In physical terms, ...

Adolescence is a key developmental window of opportunity for nutrition promotion and cardiometabolic disease (CMD) prevention that can reap long-term significant health, economic and social advantages ...

While each experience of adolescence is individually unique, I believe that many changes and challenges are much the same for them all. Usually beginning around ages 9 to 13 years, this eight- to ...

Commission co-chair, Professor Sarah Baird, George Washington University (U.S.) says, "The health and well-being of adolescents worldwide is at a tipping point, with mixed progress observed over the ...

Spread the love“`html In today’s fast-paced world, where peer pressure and social media constantly loom, the importance of self-esteem among adolescents cannot be understated. But what if the secret ...

WASHINGTON — Legal responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender's needs and social environment, says a ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study. Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo ...

The conviction and sentencing of Karmelo Anthony have generated intense national debate. Anthony, a Black teenager from Texas, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison On June 9, ...

Largest U.S. study links teen cannabis use to slower cognitive development and reduced gains in memory and attention.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is now recognized as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), a multisystem ...