Jim Liebelt

Teenagers who begin smoking at an early age are much more likely to start using marijuana by the time they're 17.

The New York Times has published several articles on the topic of teen sexting which provide an up-to-date focus on the topic.

According to a new study by Edison Research, more than half of Americans have profiles on the social-networking site Facebook.

Ecstasy use is rising among teens and young adults, causing a significant increase in emergency room visits by users of the street drug, a new...

Between January and February 2011, worldwide unique visitors to MySpace declined by a staggering 14.4% from 73 million visitors to 63 million...

Adolescent girls and young women living in wealthy communities were more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma in a new study of skin cancer cases...

Teens looking to find seasonal employment aren't likely to find landing that job is any easier this summer than it was a year ago, when teen hiring...

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A new study suggests the earlier kids start with alcohol use, the stronger the association between life stress and drinking as young adults.

Internet traffic monitor, ComScore, figures that 3.6 million of Facebook’s 153 million monthly visitors in the U.S. are under 12, although Facebook...

Single-sex lunches introduced in three schools in America's heartland have helped to reduce misbehavior among students and improve eating habits.

New Jersey juveniles caught sending sexually explicit photographs via their cell phones would not face criminal prosecution but rather intense...

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Eating disorders in teens are common, affecting over a half-million teens in the U.S. These often occur with other psychiatric problems including...

Nearly half of American teen drinkers would rather have a shot of liquor than a bottle of beer, a new study finds.

Researchers at the UCLA found that teens who were the most addicted to nicotine had the least active prefrontal cortex regions of the brain, which...

A growing number of teens and young adults say they've never had sexual contact with another person, according to the largest and most in-depth...

Smoking marijuana as a teenager or young adult raises your risk of having psychotic symptoms later in life, a new Dutch study shows.