Young athletes who specialize in one sport and train intensively have a significantly higher risk of stress fractures and other severe overuse injuries, even when compared with other injured athletes, according to the largest clinical study of its kind...

Forty percent of parents are still giving children under the age of 4 cough medications they should not receive, according to a University of Michigan poll. Despite doctors' advice, many parents still turn to OTC (over-the-counter) cough medicines for their very young kids...

Teenagers are more likely to try out illegal substances than adults or children, they are also more likely to drive recklessly and have unprotected sex. Put simply - teenagers, compared to other age groups are greater risk takers. However, research has demonstrated that teenagers have the ability and the knowledge to make competent judgments regarding risks, just like adults...

JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint Highlights In a Viewpoint, Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S., of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and Austin B. Frakt, Ph.D., of the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Massachusetts, write: "Public insurance makes a real difference in the health of children...

Researchers have found that most children become infected with warts through direct contact with family members or classmates, contrary to the popular belief that they are more likely to get them from public places. Warts have a rough texture and are caused by viruses, particularly one of several kinds of HPV (human papillomavirus)...

The "Cinnamon Challenge", which involves trying to swallow a teaspoon of cinnamon without water within sixty seconds, has led to many calls to poison centers, emergency departments visits and hospitalizations of teenagers who require ventilator support for collapsed lungs. Swallowing a teaspoon of Cinnamon within sixty seconds is a nearly impossible challenge...

Acquiring self-esteem is an important part of a teenager's development. The way in which adolescents regard themselves can be instrumental in determining their achievement and social functioning. New research from Concordia University shows that the way in which adolescents think about themselves varies across cultural context. To compare how teenagers assess their self-worth, William M...

Teenagers are risk-takers - they're more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and drive recklessly. But research shows that teenagers have the knowledge and ability to make competent decisions about risk, just like adults...

There is a very good reason mothers often carry their crying babies, pacing the floor, to help them calm down. New research published in the Cell Press journal Current Biology shows that infants experience an automatic calming reaction upon being carried, whether they are mouse or human babies...

Menstrual problems among adolescents with learning and physical disabilities are more common compared to the general population and there is no one-size fits all solution when managing the symptoms, says a new review published in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG)...

Approximately 2 million children in the United States have at least one parent deployed in military service; 750,000 of those children are 5 years old and younger. Deployment can disrupt children's well-being and development due to its impact on the care children receive, the destabilization of daily routines, and the effect on soldiers' physical and psychological health upon returning home...

Screen time has changed dramatically in the 21st century. Although most people still watch television and work on computers, social forms of media are expanding rapidly, in part due to the growth of the Internet and cellular networks. These interactive and social media include social networking sites, online video sharing, virtual worlds, mobile phones, and video chat...

Brains develop in the context of experience. Social experiences may be particularly relevant for developing neural circuits related to the experience of feeling or emotion. Factors such as negative life events and the quality of relationships may be especially influential...

Concordia researcher compares development of self-esteem in Canadian and Colombian children Acquiring self-esteem is an important part of a teenager's development. The way in which adolescents regard themselves can be instrumental in determining their achievement and social functioning...

Previous studies and surveys have shown that kids love to eat fruit in ready-to-eat bite-sized pieces, yet in most school settings, the fruit is served whole, which could be the cause that children are taking fruits but not eating them. Most people believe that children avoid fruit because of the taste and allure of alternative packaged snacks...

More than 12 percent of preschoolers are obese, which means they have a body mass index above the 95th percentile. Among Black and Hispanic children, the figure rises to 16 percent. These early growth patterns often continue through childhood and adolescence, increasing children's health risks, which can affect almost every system in the body, from cardiovascular to mental health...

In 2010, Arizona passed an immigration law (S.B. 1070, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act) that gave state police unprecedented power to detain individuals unable to prove their U.S. citizenship when asked...

Babies become conscious of their environment by the time they are five months old, according to a new study by French neuroscientists. By the time infants reach three months of age, their developing brains have trillions of connections and the weight of those firing neurons triples within the first year of life...

Most of the deaths that result from underage drinking are not traffic-related, warns Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Approximately 4,700 kids die each year because of underage alcohol use, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), and 68% of those deaths are not related to traffic accidents, the new analysis revealed...

New guidelines for the diagnosis and classification of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children, which are currently in press,1 should help overcome current diagnostic uncertainties and ensure treatment is optimised as early as possible...