Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

It's hard to balance everything, school, problems at home, and a partner who's upset if you can’t talk all the time.” In a Youth Advisory Board (YAB) meeting with five Hispanic/Latino adolescents ...

The messy room, the scattered stuff, the forgotten promises, the lapsed memory, the wandering attention, the tuned-out response, the lost belongings, the trail of litter around the family home, can ...

A new study from researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reveals that the cumulative "wear and tear" on the body known as allostatic load (AL) can be measured in early adolescence ...

The formation of personal identity and separation from family are major developmental tasks of adolescence. Feelings of immortality and exception to the consequences of risky behavior may serve to ...

Adolescence and emerging adulthood constitute the life phase between the onset of puberty and reaching adult independence, corresponding approximately to the ages of 10 to 24 years. Importantly, it is ...

The infant tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, prevents severe tuberculosis disease, but protection is rarely durable beyond childhood. New tuberculosis vaccines are being developed for the prevention of ...

I have recently learned about the existence of the “cinnamon challenge” and the “eraser challenge.” Your task: Learn about these “challenges,” listen to your adolescent patients, incorporate risk and ...