(HealthDay)—In many U.S. states, teenagers who send "sext" messages to each other can be prosecuted as child pornographers—and that should end, researchers argue.
Apr 15, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Time spent on Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook probably isn't driving teenagers to depression, a new study contends.
Feb 08, 2019
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Young people who self-harm are three times more likely to commit violent crime than those who do not, according to new research from the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University.
Jan 04, 2019
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(HealthDay)—For many city-dwelling teens with asthma, their chronic lung disease may go undiagnosed and untreated, a new study finds.
Jan 02, 2019
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The brains of teenage girls who engage in serious forms of self-harm, including cutting, show features similar to those seen in adults with borderline personality disorder, a severe and hard-to-treat mental illness, a new ...
Nov 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Almost 3 percent of teenagers aged 13 to 18 years have food, weight, and body image issues severe enough to constitute an eating disorder, according to a behavioral health resource posted by The Family Institute ...
Jul 11, 2018
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Preliminary results of a recent study show that teen girls reported a higher degree of interference of daytime sleepiness on multiple aspects of their school and personal activities than boys.
Jun 06, 2018
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The UK department of health recommends that young people (aged five to 18) should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day. But not enough teenagers actually do.
Mar 22, 2018
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Sullen exchanges and broken curfews are part of life for parents of teenagers, but could this period also be a stress-test for parents' marriages?
Sep 27, 2017
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The US birth rate hasn't changed for two generations of teenage girls, but other aspects of young parenthood are shifting, especially regarding young fathers, according to new Indiana University research.
Sep 19, 2017
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