The Rise and Fall of Lance ArmstrongGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadablel PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened: For years, Lance Armstrong was near the top of the sports world. After recoverin...

The iPhone always has been a desirable bit of tech for teens, but more and more adolescents are getting their hands on one. In the spring of 2011, only 17 percent of teens said they owned an iPhone; but that te...

We've known for a good long while that parents have a mighty impact on their kids and teens. It's pretty much a given, in fact; but as it turns out, parents of teens' friends can also have a strong influence. A...

In an effort to help poorer, disadvantaged kids do better in school, some doctors are prescribing drugs typically used to treat ADHD to children who don't really need them. "I don't have a whole lot of choice,"...

Whitney Kropp was selected to her high school's homecoming court as a joke, but the 16-year-old sophomore was the one smiling Sept. 30 as she stood on a football field in West Branch, Michigan. Kropp, who says ...

Children actively watch an average of 80 minutes of television a day, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. That's a lot of TV, but when you add in the amount of background television exposure these...

The number of teens who drive after drinking has been sliced in half in the past two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study by the CDC finds that 10.3 percent of high ...

It's no revelation that people will say things online they might hold back if talking with the same person face to face. Why is that? Experts say there's not just one reason.  Dr. Sherry Turkle, a psycholo...

Do teens engage in risky behavior because they don't know the risks or because they don't care? A new study suggests the former. Researchers at Yale University and Fordham University asked youths ages 12 to 17 ...

Facebook announced Oct. 4, 2012, that it has more than 1 billion users around the globe—about 40 percent of the world's 2.5 billion Internet users. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling a...