A mother whose son was left disabled after receiving cancer treatment has teamed up with a children's charity to campaign for ...

A recipient of the Smith Medal in 2020, Jensen is also a leading expert in adolescent brain development—its unique strengths and vulnerabilities—and the implications for medical care, education, and ...

When teenagers shift their sleep schedules between school days and weekends, the resulting mismatch can alter the physical ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development. OHSU researchers explain that air pollution causes ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia educators are exploring the science of how teenagers' brains operate, in an effort to design more effective school programs. Rather than being immature, the ...

Ketamine is a powerful anesthetic used for surgery and acute pain management. But in recent years, it has also gained a ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...

Those of us in the field of mental health and addiction recovery have known for years—through personal experience and observation—that mindfulness practice is an incredibly powerful tool for healing.