To view the lives of adolescents through the lens of health care is to see a paradox: while most adolescents at this stage of life are thriving, they are also experiencing their moment of greatest ...

Teenagers with aggressive tendencies may experience faster ageing and face physical health issues later in life, according to ...

The first alarm can feel like a small act of cruelty. It goes off while your brain is still deep in night mode, and the school day demands you switch on anyway.

Global mortality continues to fall. Life expectancy has improved to unprecedented levels and deaths in young children have plummeted. Yet for adolescents and young adults, especially those aged 15 to ...

New research following US adolescents ages 11–12 shows that problematic use of mobile phones, social media, and video games was associated with higher risks of mental health problems, sleep ...

"I think this crisis is so significant that we just can't meet the demand." Dr. Deborah Levine has been a pediatric emergency medicine physician in the New York City area for over two decades. In ...

The right of adolescents to access confidential health care is sensitive and controversial. Recent challenges in the court system to adolescents' right to access abortion and contraception are eroding ...

Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives. They are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood ...

Aggressive behavior as a teenager is linked to faster biological aging by age 30, researchers reported March 5 in the journal Health Psychology. These angry teens also are more likely to pack on ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...