Every time I talk about how sleep is important for child and adolescent development, any audience can relate to how they feel and function when their sleep is of insufficient duration and quality. A ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The committee believes child and adolescent health is important in and of itself—as a measure of a society’s values and capabilities—and as a direct determinant of subsequent productivity and later ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

University of Pennsylvania researcher Ran Barzilay is a father of three. His first two children received cellphones before they turned 12. But this summer, as early results from his own study on ...

Among today's most pressing development challenges is the matching of financing to health needs. One of the critically underfunded global priorities is adolescent health, with adolescents (aged 10–24 ...