The popularity of social media and its negative effect on children have become controversial subjects. A growing number of ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

Before age 5, a baby's brain grows rapidly, undergoing a uniquely important moment in development. Yet, many don't understand just how critical it is for setting a person's foundation for thriving.

HELPING YOUR CHILD UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE. A LOCAL HOSPITAL IS ONE OF THE ONLY HOSPITALS IN SOUTH FLORIDA OFFERING A PROGRAM TO NEW PARENTS. AFTER HAVING A BABY. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT ...

Parents today are far more aware of what goes into their child’s body and how those early choices shape the developing brain. It’s a shift paediatricians have been noticing quietly over the past few ...

For Our Keiki is a new KHON2 series that provides practical guidance for Hawaiʻi families to support their children’s ...

Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's ...

A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers Károly Mirnics (L) and Zeljka Korade say their newly published review of suspected connections between commonly prescribed drugs and childhood brain ...

The 25 number became popular off the back of brain imaging studies from the late 1990s and early 2000s. These studies often tracked changes through childhood and adolescence and showed that the brain ...