Alabama lawmakers are considering new limits on screen use for the state’s youngest learners. The bill known as the Healthy ...

Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's ...

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest, with recent ...

A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

The parents told Newsweek that they’re letting her be a toddler by trusting her abilities, rather than managing every moment.

Packing school lunches doesn’t have to be a battle. These healthy California-inspired lunch ideas are nutritious, colorful, ...

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an associate professor of ...

The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of ...

High levels of screen time before age 2 years were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety in teenage years, ...

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

Elementary school children may be harmed by overuse of tech tools for spelling. Literacy experts are calling for change and ...

Recent research published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology found that when 5-year-old prereaders practiced writing by hand, they significantly outperformed children who typed the same ...