A new longitudinal study reveals that mothers and fathers perceive relationship conflict differently as their children grow.

Background Falls can repeatedly occur as people age, which leads to injury, disability and mortality in older adults. Sleep ...

Researchers found higher rates of depression, poor sleep and obesity among tweens who had early access to a cellphone. By Catherine Pearson What is the “right” age to get your child a smartphone? It’s ...

Parkinson's disease affects more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. Early treatment of obstructive sleep apnea -- a condition that causes breathing to briefly pause -- may decrease the risk of ...

The reduction of health inequalities has been a priority of researchers, decision-makers and practitioners for many years. Advances in causal mediation analysis offer great promise for identifying ...

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

The AAP released a new study based infant and young kids' medical records. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows a significant and measurable drop in childhood peanut allergies ...

The first national randomized trial of public Montessori preschool students showed stronger long-term outcomes by kindergarten, including elevated reading, memory, and executive function as compared ...

Wealth has long been tied to longevity in the U.S. and other countries, but a new analysis helps quantify the gap between how long low-income older Americans and their more affluent peers tend to live ...

X-ray image of adult patient spine showing scoliosis surgery. Scoliosis surgeries are effective but expensive. A groundbreaking scoliosis study, recently published in the Journal of the American ...

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year at 117 years and 168 days old, she was the oldest known person in the world. Before she died, she asked doctors to study her. Dr. Manel Esteller, chairman of ...

People who consumed the highest levels of certain artificial sweeteners — equivalent to just one diet soda a day — saw a significant decline in their ability to remember and recall words when compared ...