Children and adolescents who own smartphones by age 12 have higher risks of depression, poor sleep and obesity, according to ...

We're fast learning how smartphones impact childhood, and the findings of a new study about young tweens on the cusp of ...

UB researchers have shown that preloading Instacart online grocery carts with healthy ingredients could be a useful tool for improving the diets of families with young kids at risk for obesity.

If you think your preteen’s smartphone is harming their health, you may be right.

Only children are smarter, happier and more creative than those who grow up with siblings, according to a new study. “Contrary to the stereotypical impression of associations between [only children] ...

TEACHING children about financial education is more important than history or science, a major survey shows. A new global ...

Allowing very young children to access televisions and other screens could lead to sensory challenges for them later in childhood, according to a new study from Drexel University in Pennsylvania. The ...

Children who spend more than two hours in front of a television or computer screen were more likely to report behavioral and social problems than kids who watched less, according to a University of ...

Faced with a devastating prenatal diagnosis, the Smith family enrolled in a federally funded clinical trial at Johns Hopkins ...

In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

When it comes to kids and their daily nutrition, it is a task for parents to manage. And while overall nutrition is important ...

During each of these phases, our brains show markedly different characteristics in their architecture, according to the new ...