Adolescent Health Issues , Could Lead to Rapid Aging, , Study Says. CNN reports a new study suggests smoking, obesity and psychological disorders in adolescents could equate to a more rapid rate of ...

Among today's most pressing development challenges is the matching of financing to health needs. One of the critically underfunded global priorities is adolescent health, with adolescents (aged 10–24 ...

To view the lives of adolescents through the lens of health care is to see a paradox: while most adolescents at this stage of life are thriving, they are also experiencing their moment of greatest ...

Global mortality continues to fall. Life expectancy has improved to unprecedented levels and deaths in young children have plummeted. Yet for adolescents and young adults, especially those aged 15 to ...

Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives. They are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood ...

Parents frequently express apprehension regarding the duration of mobile phone, tablet, and game console usage among their children. It is common to associate screens with nearly all childhood and ...

A new study suggests that growing up in poverty accelerates biological development. For adolescent girls, this early onset of ...

The right of adolescents to access confidential health care is sensitive and controversial. Recent challenges in the court system to adolescents' right to access abortion and contraception are eroding ...

Co-authored by Srisindhu Medukonduru and Eunice Y. Yuen, M.D., Ph.D. Acne is a common, worldwide skin condition with a global prevalence of 9.4%. Interestingly, it is more prevalent in high-income or ...