If your teen is not a reader and you blame social media for hijacking their brains, you’re not so far off base: A new study ...

Regular social media use during early adolescence is linked to weaker reading and vocabulary development over time, new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has found that adolescence can continue until the age of 32, as humans hit four major “turning points” in brain ...

A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders provides evidence that while depression in early adolescence is ...

The human brain goes through five distinct stages of development during the average human lifetime, with measurable key turning points as we grow, mature, age and decline, new research suggests.

Regular social media use across early adolescence is related to worse reading and vocabulary development over time, according ...

This summer, many parents find themselves caught between excitement and anxiety as they help their college-bound children prepare for the next chapter in their lives. There’s the practical preparation ...

What teens eat might matter more for their mental health than previously thought. A sweeping review of nearly 20 studies found that healthier diets are often linked to fewer depressive symptoms, while ...

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, ...