Optimal nutrition during adolescence is fundamental for growth and development. Yet globally, adolescent populations have a triple burden of malnutrition: undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, ...

Adolescents with a migraine diagnosis are more than twice as likely to develop additional psychiatric or pain disorders compared with adolescents without a migraine diagnosis, according to a study ...

CHAPEL HILL, NC. -- Frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents' brains develop, a new study found. Those who checked their platforms more often were more likely to be sensitive to ...

Higher cognitive abilities and greater educational achievement in adolescence strongly predict a lower risk of developing ...

The global burden of child and youth deaths remains high, despite dramatic reductions in under-5s deaths, and there are stark inequalities across the globe in the availability of health services to ...

The brain develops in spurts throughout childhood and adolescence, but not much is understood about the process. To disentangle this complicated puzzle surrounding one of the body’s most mysterious ...

People who survived cancer as teens and young adults are at increased risk of developing cancer later in their lives, according to research from the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Approximately ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...