Children and Teens News

Some Video Games Can Enhance Child’s Physical Activity

May 20th, 2013
Some Video Games Can Enhance Childs Physical ActivityEmerging research shows that exergaming -- using active console video games that track player movement to control the game (e.g., Xbox-Kinect, Wii) -- can increase ...

Kids Who First Drink During Puberty at Greater Risk of Alcohol Problems

May 18th, 2013
Kids Who Drink During Puberty at Greater Risk of Alcohol Problems  New research shows that youths who first drink during puberty are at greater risk for developing later alcohol problems. "Most ...

Staying In Touch with College Kids Can Improve Their Health

May 17th, 2013
Staying In Touch with College Kids Can Improve Their Health Most moms and dads don't want to be known as "helicopter parents" when their kids go away to college. Still, a new study ...

Flu While Pregnant May Quadruple a Child’s Risk of Bipolar

May 15th, 2013
Flu While Pregnant May Quadruple a Child’s Risk of BipolarA new study funded by the National Institutes of Health discovers a pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu may have extreme mental health ...

Can Breastfeeding Protect from ADHD?

May 15th, 2013
Can Breastfeeding Protect from ADHD?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 ...

Most Suicidal Youth Seen by MDs in Year Before Death

May 12th, 2013
Most Suicidal Youth Seen by MDs in Year Before DeathMore than 80 percent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the ...

Nobody Likes a ‘Fat-Talker’

May 11th, 2013
Nobody Likes a 'Fat-Talker' Women who engage in "fat talk" -- self-disparaging remarks made in relation to eating, exercise or their bodies -- are less liked by their peers, according to a ...

Parents’ Addictions Tied to Adult Children’s Depression

May 10th, 2013
Drug, Alcohol Addiction in Parents Linked to Adult Children's DepressionParents 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 ...

Children with Autism Hypersensitive to Motion

May 9th, 2013
Children with Autism Hypersensitive to MotionChildren with autism can detect simple movements twice as fast as typically developing children, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide insight into the workings behind the ...

Teens with Social Anxiety Engage in Earlier Alcohol, Marijuana Use

May 8th, 2013
Teens with Social Anxiety Engage in Earlier Alcohol, Marijuana UseAmong teens with substance use disorders, those who also have social anxiety disorder begin using marijuana at a mean age of 10.6 ...