Jim Liebelt

U.S. teens' preference of Snapchat grew by 8 percentage points from spring 2017, with nearly half saying they prefer it over other social media...

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A new British study finds that teen girls are about three times more likely to self-harm than boys, and the dangerous practice is on the rise.

In a nationally representative survey of middle- and high-school students ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent said they'd anonymously posted something...

A new study said that roughly 29 percent of students at nine U.S. colleges thought that stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, boost...

New research into more than 13,000 U.S. teens finds that as many as one in five may have suffered a concussion, and contact sports might often be...

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A new study showed that bullying, cyberbullying and harassment are significantly associated with decreases in perceptions of school safety,...

A new study finds that teen girls who focus only on one sport -- in this case, soccer -- tended to have more stress and poorer sleep than girls who...

Teenagers with school starting times before 8:30 a.m. may be at particular risk of experiencing depression and anxiety due to compromised sleep...

UK researchers analyzed responses from a large study on more than 10,000 children and discovered a quarter of girls (24 percent) and one in 10 boys...

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New research says that teens gain the same personal benefits through online friendships as face-to-face relationships.

Sports concussion symptoms linger twice as long in teen girls as in boys, a new study finds.

A new study finds that if kids only watch YouTube for insights into drinking, they will get a very slanted view, with depictions of alcohol intake...

Youth obesity rates are leveling off in the United States, with about one-third of kids and teens now overweight or obese, a new report shows.

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New research suggests that when a child has a TV or video games in their bedroom, negative consequences may happen.