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International Suicide Prevention Day: These are the suicide prevention helpline numbers in India
India has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. One of the leading reasons behind this is …
The US government is cracking down on a wildly popular vape pen with 'scary' nicotine levels, which experts say targets teens
"After only a few months of using nicotine [these teens] describe cravings, sometimes intense ones.…
Erin Brodwin
Experts are calling out a vape pen with 'scary' nicotine levels that teens love - here's how it affects the brain
Chadi said young vapers may also be more likely to use other substances like alcohol and marijuana.…
Erin Brodwin
Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.
A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …
Julia Pugachevsky
A California teen is suing his school, alleging that he suffered brain damage in a football hazing ritual, reports say
The teen attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana and had signed on to the 2021 football program…
Bill Bostock
How does social media affect teenagers? Understanding the mental health impact — and why it's not all bad
Social media can affect teenagers negatively or positively, depending on how they use it. Here's ho…
Kelly Burch,Zlatin Ivanov
A study says teens are spending nearly all their waking hours staring at screens
The kids themselves estimate they're spending much less time looking at their screens. Another rela…
The US Surgeon General just issued a rare advisory about e-cigs like the Juul - here's why vaping is so dangerous
Because of their runaway popularity, e-cigs could create a new generation of Americans hooked on ni…
Erin Brodwin
Teens spend over 6 hours in front of a screen every day
Common Sense Media is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that conducts a study of this scale every fiv…
Molly Mulshine
A 13-Year-Old Google Science Fair Finalist Has A Simple Idea To Stop Cyberbullying
Prabhu is one of 18 incredibly intelligent teenagers who made it to this year's finals. Google will…
Jillian D'Onfro
Jaden Smith says he took magic mushrooms as a young adult. Brain experts who study psychedelics warn that wasn't a good idea.
Jaden Smith's brain may have still been developing when he took magic mushrooms. Neuroscientists wa…
Adam Barnes
New Analysis Suggests Pot Doesn't Lower Teens' IQ
These kids with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to be put into intellectually challengin…
Jennifer Welsh
Scientists are starting to learn how e-cigs like the Juul can impact your health - and the results are troubling
Researchers took a look at the compounds in several popular brands of e-cigs (not the Juul) this sp…
Erin Brodwin
The science behind why staring at a screen all day can be bad for you
Usually, our cortex gets thinner as we mature. But these kids had thinner cortices earlier than oth…
David Anderson,Rebecca Wilkin
I'm a college-admissions expert and father. Here's how I'm ensuring my children are set up for college.
As a college-admissions expert, I'm making sure my kids aren't just chasing achievements and are cu…
Steve Gardner
Italy orders an age block on TikTok after a 10-year-old girl accidentally died taking part in a viral choking challenge
The 10-year-old from Palermo, Sicily, was discovered on Wednesday in the family bathroom with her c…
Sophia Ankel
A 13-year-old girl was misdiagnosed with anxiety. She actually had a rare form of brain inflammation.
Lili Manzo was eventually diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, a rare condition where the immune…
Andrea Michelson
My teenager has ADHD. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between teen behavior and his condition.
My son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 7. Now that he's a teenager, it's hard to tell what is h…
Mike Julianelle
Harsh parenting may stunt children's brain growth, study suggests
In a recent study, kids exposed to harsh parenting had less gray matter in their prefrontal cortex …
Kelly Burch
Cancer death rates among two key groups are declining
And along with that, brain cancer is now the most common cause of cancer-related deaths, taking ove…