Youth who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at increased risk of getting into trouble with drugs and alcohol, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child a...

Experts say teenagers increasingly are texting in their sleep—or, rather, the dreamy limbo state between sleep and wakefulness. "The phone will beep, they'll answer the text," says Elizabeth Dowdell, a nursin...

About 20 million Americans are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections each year, according to new stats from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. About half of those impacted are youth between the ages...

The teen birth rate in the United States stood at at 31.3 births per 1,000 women in 2011—an historic low, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Teen birth rates have been dropping for ye...

James Derham: From Slave to DoctorGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:In order to make good on our promise and follow God's calling for us, many of us hav...

High school freshman Rachel Baier, in dire need of cash and upset that she wasn't able to find a babysitting job, decided to do something drastic: The 14-year-old told her father that she'd give up Facebook for...

It seems as if everyone has something to be stressed about these days, but Millennials—young adults between the ages of 18 and 33—are feeling it more than most. When the polling organization Harris ...

For 30 years, U.S. News and World Report has published rankings of United States colleges and universities. For many college-bound youth and their parents, this annual list has become one of the first bits of r...

Most teens have secrets, but the ones who don't keep those secrets entirely to themselves tend to be happier and healthier than their more mystery-laden peers. According to a Dutch study of youth between the ag...

The Strange Story of Manti Te'oGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:A month ago, Manti Te'o was the toast of the college football world. The Notre Dame lin...