Key points Social growth in adolescence is partly dependent on peer group membership. Peer group membership socially separates the adolescent from family. While peer group pressures can endanger ...

Guardrails, education urged to protect adolescent AI users Report cites benefits and dangers of new technology Date: June 3, 2025 Source: American Psychological Association Summary: The effects of ...

A once-weekly growth hormone therapy improved growth-related endpoints for adolescents with multiple conditions of short ...

For babies, growth spurts tend to be shorter, lasting up to about three days. For adolescents, growth spurts last about a week.

It is widely believed that humans are the only animals to have an adolescent growth spurt, but new evidence from chimpanzees suggests this isn’t unique to us after all. Some scientists define ...

Research explores how the gut microbiota impacts critical areas of adolescent development, including mental health, metabolism, and skeletal growth. It suggests that understanding these ...

Indiana students continued to make gains in math this spring, but statewide reading scores remained largely unchanged, ...

This continuing education session is hosted by the UAB’s Maternal and Child Health Nutrition training program called, Leadership Education in Pediatric Nutrition (LEPN) which is in the Division of ...

The report challenges the outdated myth that adolescence is a healthy, low-risk phase, emphasizing the need for responsive health services that recognize and address emerging needs.

Three proteins involved in growth-hormone action are linked with glucose control in adolescents with type 2 diabetes, suggesting the possibility of risk stratification to guide management during ...

Researchers at Boston College's Lynch School of Education and Human Development find rising rates particularly among white, rural, and higher income teens Handgun carrying increased significantly ...

Sexual and substance use education that incorporates knowledge about trauma could improve developmental outcomes among justice-involved Black youth, according to a Rutgers study published in the ...