May 22nd, 2013

A new UK study finds that children who have suffered maltreatment are 36 percent more likely to be obese in adulthood ...
May 22nd, 2013

New research suggests performing simple sensory exercises at home may improve the behaviors of children with autism.
The treatment, known as environmental enrichment, led to significant gains ...
May 22nd, 2013

Emerging research suggests children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to be physically aggressive and antisocial.
The ...
May 22nd, 2013

Emerging research supports the concept of "suicide contagion" as investigators discovered kids who had a schoolmate die by suicide were significantly more likely to consider ...
May 21st, 2013

As students prepare for final exams, some will turn to a prescription amphetamine or other stimulant ...
May 20th, 2013

Emerging research shows that exergaming -- using active console video games that track player movement to control the game (e.g., Xbox-Kinect, Wii) -- can increase ...
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

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health discovers a pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu may have extreme mental health ...
May 12th, 2013

Has the term “schizophrenia” become outdated? Some experts are beginning to think so.
For several decades now, “schizophrenia” has been the word used to describe a condition with a specific type ...
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 ...