June 7th, 2013

A new study finds families eat more junk food if they watch commercial television with commercials.
University of Michigan researchers compared households watching commercial-free digital TV ...
June 6th, 2013

Amazingly, peer group pressure can begin as early as elementary school, a finding that should place teachers and parents on ...
June 6th, 2013

With Father’s Day approaching, new research suggests that just being a good parent may not be good enough; some researchers believe fathers must reach out and query ...
June 5th, 2013

Emerging evidence shows that a proactive approach works to reduce substance abuse among young adults.
In a new study, researchers at Penn State and Iowa State ...
June 2nd, 2013

A new study shows that children of women who didn’t graduate from high school have double the risk of experiencing major depression in early adulthood, compared to ...
June 2nd, 2013

Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are far more likely than their peers to engage in serious ...
May 31st, 2013

A new study finds that even the unconscious actions of people suffering from anorexia nervosa are influenced by their disturbed perception of body image.
Researchers ...
May 31st, 2013

Poor children who appear to be succeeding socially may experience stress-related physical illness later in life.
University of Georgia researchers found that students ...
May 31st, 2013

New research suggests that abnormal sleep may aggravate emotional problems experienced in the daytime by children with ADHD.
German researcher Alexander Prehn-Kristensen, Ph.D., and ...
May 30th, 2013

New research suggests that a history of physical or sexual abuse during childhood increases the chance of food addictions in adult women.
Expert ...