Most young people seem to understand that adolescence is no time to go it alone. Such social isolation can breed loneliness (“I don’t have friends to keep me company”) and ignorance (“No one tells me ...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is perhaps best known for its work helping America’s youth. Lisa Lawson, the president and CEO, ...

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 ...

Three docs at UAMS are teaming up to lead a session in "Girlology," designed to help parents talk to their kids about puberty ...

Many mood and psychological disorders develop during adolescence; however, the relationship between adolescent stress-related neurogenesis and psychiatric illnesses during this period remains unclear.

Puberty can be hard on the kid going through it and the parent trying to help them. Your child is going through physical ...

Differences in the growth, weight, and body fat levels of children conceived through fertility treatment are small, and no longer apparent by late adolescence, finds new research. The University of ...

A and B, t-statistic values from linear mixed-effects models for associations between greenspace exposure and T2 cortical thickness (A), T2 surface area (B), change in cortical thickness change (C) ...

Lucknow: One in two adolescent girls and one in three adolescent boys in UP suffer from anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies, undermining their physical growth, cognitive abilities and academic ...

Adolescence is a critical period for both oral and overall health, with nutrition, growth, and dental development closely ...