Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that helps explain why growing up in a stimulating environment enhances ...

A comprehensive new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals alarming rates of hearing loss among ...

Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) during adolescence play an important role in the association between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, according to a new study led by investigators from ...

Phase one –the “childhood phase” — lasts until age nine, per the study. During this window, the brain’s wealth of synapses – ...

A recent study used MRI to find an association between sleep loss and diminished antioxidant capacity in teens.

Higher testosterone levels during adolescence are associated with increased involvement of the brain's anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC) in emotion control, but the opposite effect occurs during ...

Conceptual changes occur during adolescence, both because students assimilate knowledge about previously unstudied phenomena and because ideas are replaced by more predictive, abstract, or robust ...

Hormone level changes due to growth and development or disease can lead to various eye health issues. Eye changes occur during puberty and menopause, as well as due to low thyroid hormone levels. A ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transgender boys experience a large increase in lean body mass in the first year of testosterone therapy.

Editor’s Note: Michelle Icard is the author of several books on raising adolescents, including “Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen.” I’ve worked with middle schoolers, their parents and their schools for ...