Ask a teen today how she communicates with her friends, and she'll probably hold up her smartphone. Not that she actually calls her friends; it's more likely that she texts them or messages them on social media.
Mar 21, 2019
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In a paper recently published in Transportation Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers found that a conventional "learning curve" process may not be an accurate way to characterize ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Crabby crab is my four-year-old son Fisher's imaginary friend. Crabby appeared on a holiday in Norway by scuttling out of his ear after a night of tears from an earache. Like other childhood imaginary friends, Crabby should ...
Mar 8, 2019
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Parents worry about whether their teenagers are getting enough sleep. Research studies suggest that teenagers are suffering an "epidemic of sleep deprivation" globally —one that will have long-term health impacts.
Mar 5, 2019
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Teenagers who reach for objects, such as food or makeup, while driving increase their risk of crashing nearly seven times, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Their study, which appears in the American ...
Feb 26, 2019
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Teenagers suffering with depression may struggle with recalling specific memories, according to new research from the University of Reading.
Feb 20, 2019
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In the most thorough longitudinal study performed to date, X-ray images of children at five developmental stages between the ages of eight and 19 were carefully measured (Fig. 1 A,B). The researchers report that the adenoids ...
Feb 11, 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 8, 2019
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Excessive weight gain in children under two years can lead to cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in teenage years including increased cholesterol, being overweight and having fat around the middle, finds new research ...
Feb 6, 2019
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A fresh look by the University of Bristol at how teenagers are affected by their asthma, eczema or obesity has some reassuring findings published in BMJ Open today (Monday 21 January).
Jan 21, 2019
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