May 17th, 2013

Most moms and dads don't want to be known as "helicopter parents" when their kids go away to college.
Still, a new study ...
May 15th, 2013

While it has been known that breastfeeding enhances child development and protects from disease, a new study now suggests breastfeeding can also convey positive mental development for infants.
Specifically, breastfeeding may ...
May 12th, 2013

More than 80 percent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the ...
May 10th, 2013

Parents who are addicted to drugs or alcohol are more than twice as likely to have children who develop depression in adulthood, according to a report ...
May 7th, 2013

A new study reports that nearly 20 percent of suicidal children and teens have guns in their homes.
What's more, 15 ...
May 6th, 2013

A new study shows that girls in high school who exercise regularly are at a lower risk of fighting or being in a gang.
For the ...
May 6th, 2013

Early childhood adversity -- such as maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence, or living with another person with serious mental illness -- may carry heavy consequences from generation to generation, ...
May 5th, 2013

Several new studies presented at the International Society for Autism Research annual conference back up the notion that environmental factors before birth may play an important role ...
May 5th, 2013

A new study reports that babies whose growth in the womb is at either end of the extreme -- either very small ...
May 4th, 2013

In what may seem an unusual finding, teens with high blood pressure appear to be better psychologically adjusted and enjoy a higher ...