New research published in the journal Pediatrics has found that 15 percent of teenagers think they'll die before age 35, and this belief is linked strongly with risky behavior among these young people.
Read moreLast week we all watched in horror as yet another school fell victim to a student with a gun. In the end, several students had died and... Read more »
For more on the series of teens with ADHD: For Teens: Understanding ADHD Strategies to Help at Home Strategies to Help at School Acting... Read more »
We spend a great deal of our time thinking about food, shopping for it, reading about it, watching people prepare it, and of course eating... Read more »
Over the holidays I had the opportunity to catch up some on my backlog of reading. One magazine, the October issue of body+soul, featured a... Read more »
The teen years are some of the most stressful. However, with a little insight and some careful management there is no reason why stress... Read more »
A study of about 4,000 teenagers found that sleep trouble is as common as depression and substance abuse and that it affected about 25 percent of the... Read more »
As a mother of three teenagers, observing their current sleep habits makes me stop and wonder—why do all three of them appear to have morphed into... Read more »
Stress can wreck havoc on your health. And if you have asthma, you no doubt know that stress can cause asthma symptoms. The signs and symptoms of... Read more »
According to a new long-term study, very young children who spent excessive time in child-care facilities or who had insensitive mothers may be more... Read more »
Children and teens can suffer from anxiety disorder. For these children, school can be a stressful place. Starting in the early grades, children... Read more »