Americans love to text. It's become our favorite mode of communion, and it's particularly popular among youth. The average 18- to 29-year-old sends and receives 88 texts a day compared to 17 calls. Some researc...

A 15-year-old boy got a visit from paramedics after he collapsed following a four-day marathon playing "Modern Warfare 3." The boy, Tyler Rawlins, rarely left his room during his gaming jag and was severely deh...

Austin Wierschke may be a year older, but his thumbs aren't any slower. The 17-year-old proved that by winning LG's National Texting Competition for the second year in a row. "It feels incredible," said the Wis...

Adolescent girls are more susceptible to bouts of depression than their male peers, according to a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Researchers found that 12 percent of gi...

While experts say childhood obesity is still a major problem in America, a new government study brought a rare bit of good news to the table recently. According to research published by the Journal of the Ameri...

With hundreds of millions of users logged into Facebook at any given time, there's no question that Mark Zuckerberg's brainchild is the most popular social networking site around. It's become so ubiquitous that...

Teens Impress at OlympicsGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:They call her "The Flying Squirrel," and on Aug. 2, 2012, 16-year-old Gabby Douglas flew to a...

This is proof that you're only a victim if you allow yourself to be. Nothing can stop you.—Olympic Judo champion Kayla Harrison, who's been speaking out about the sexual abuse she endured as a teen en rou...

Many teens using pot are getting medicinal marijuana meant for someone else. It's called diverted marijuana, and about 74 percent of teens between the ages of 14 and 18 who have used the drug got it from someon...

Everyone knows smoking can be addictive, but a new study suggests the threshold for addiction appears to be far lower in teens than it is in adults. According to researchers from the University of California at...