For most moms and dads, as their child begins the 10- to 12-year coming-of-age passage, the growing transformation we call adolescence (usually beginning around ages 9 to 13), parenting becomes more ...

A new study from Oregon Health & Science University found that air pollution can impact adolescent brain development. The analysis indicated that exposure to common air pollutants is associated with ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrating that brain development is not as linear ...

Alex Ezeh is a fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (Stias). Russell Viner and Sarah Baird do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Nearly 1 of every 5 children or adolescents in the US were living with obesity as of 2020, a rate that has doubled or tripled in the past 30 years. That striking rise of obesity among youth has ...

Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain and cause damage to language development, memory, and mood regulation, according to a study. Air pollution causes ...

ADOLESCENCE is a period of rapid physical, sexual, mental, and social development. It presents both opportunities for learning and risks of unintended pregnancies and coerced sex. Prominent sexual ...