A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2026 (HealthDay News) — For decades, doctors assumed ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall work by ...

In a study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, children with more adverse prenatal exposures (APEs) showed higher ...

The youngest chimpanzees are the biggest risk-takers. Would humans show the same pattern if adults weren’t keeping such a ...

By the age of 4, children already understand that male figures more often hold power than their female counterparts in ...

Transitions can stir big feelings in young children, even when nothing is “wrong.” Steady, emotionally present caregiving ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai an $8.5 million renewal grant to ...

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important ...

Early-life exposure to household tobacco smoking was associated with the development of juvenile- and adult-onset SARDs.

Faced with demographic collapse in her home country, the Chinese expert is conducting experiments on stem cells and human ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...