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Sports Help Kids Gain a Quality Key to Adult Success
State Spending on Poverty Really Pays Off for Kids: Study
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Streetlights Could Be Harming Your Teen's Sleep, Mental Health: Study
Strep Throat Doesn't Worsen Tourette But May Affect ADHD: Study
Stress Has Many U.S. Teachers Leaving Profession: Survey
Stressed and Distracted, Kids and Their Teachers Say Virtual Learning Isn't Working
Strict, Costly Measures Needed to Reopen Schools: Study
Strong Sleeping Pills Tied to Falls, Fractures in Dementia Patients
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Student Debt to Be Erased for Many With Severe Disabilities, Low Incomes
Study Bolsters Effectiveness of 'Guided Play' for Learning
Study Probes Relationship Between Migraines and Sleep
Study Spots Key Factor in Kids' Friendships
Suicide Rate Is Spiking Upwards in Preadolescent Children
Sure-Fire Solutions for Managing Lockdown Temper Tantrums
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Talking to Your Kids About the War in Ukraine
Teachers Main Drivers of School COVID Outbreaks, So Vaccinations Needed: Study
Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School
Team Sports: Good for Kids' Minds, Too
Teen Brain Naturally Tunes Out Mom's Voice
Teen Pot Use Could Mean Less Success as Adult
Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
Telehealth: Tips for Helping Kids With Autism Take Part
Testosterone's Ties to Success May Be a Myth
Texas Mother Transmitted COVID-19 to Unborn Baby: Study
THC From Pot Lingers in Breast Milk for Weeks: Study
The 3 Midlife Factors That Raise Your Odds for Alzheimer's
The Family Cat Could Be Good Medicine for Kids With Autism
The More Words Your Preschooler Knows, the Better They Do in Class
The Most Common Form of Bullying Isn't Physical or Verbal
There May Be a 'Best Bedtime' for Your Heart
There's a Secret to Getting Kids to Eat Vegetables
Tight Blood Sugar Control Boosts Brain Power of Teens With Type 1 Diabetes: Study
Time Spent in Day Care Won't Harm Child's Development
Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being
Tips to Food-Fueling Your Active Vegan Child
Tips to Helping Your Teen Get Enough Zzzzzs
Toddlers Nap a Lot - and Then They Don't. New Research Uncovers Why
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Too Little Sleep Could Raise Your Dementia Risk
Too Much or Too Little Sleep Bad for Your Brain
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Transgender Youth Much More Likely to Have Troubled Sleep
Treating Teachers' Depression Could Boost Young Students' Grades: Study
T-Shirt Study Shows Importance of Mom's Smell to Bond With Baby
Type 1 Diabetes Doesn't Have to Hold Kids Back in School
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
U.S. Adolescents Are Getting Less Sex Education Now Than 25 Years Ago
U.S. Appeals Panel Backs New York City's Vaccine Mandate for School Staff
U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study
U.S. Parents Face Big Disparities in Access to Autism Care Services
U.S. Pediatricians, Psychiatrists Declare 'Emergency' in Child Mental Health
U.S. Schools Can Reopen, With Safeguards in Place: CDC
U.S. States With Tighter Access to Welfare Payments Have More Kids in Foster Care
U.S. Teens Were Already in Mental Health Crisis Before Pandemic Hit
Updated Infant Sleep Guidelines: No Inclined Products, Bed-Sharing
Using Devices as Babysitters Can Backfire on Parents
Vaccinated Teachers, Students Can Skip Masks This Fall: CDC
Valium, Xanax Prescriptions Could Raise Overdose Risk in Youth
Video Games May Bring Cognitive Benefits to Kids: Study
Visiting a 'Dental Fear' Clinic Can Help Improve a Child's Smile
Walking, Sitting: What Works Best to Help Baby Stop Crying?
Want to Avoid Sleep Apnea? Get Off the Sofa
Weight Loss in Childhood May Protect Boys Against Future Infertility
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
What Drives Preschoolers' Curiosity to Learn?
What Will Summer Camp Look Like This Year?
Whatever the Language, Babies LOVE Baby Talk
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
What's the Right Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Heart?
When Is Your Very Earliest Memory?
When Parents, Grandparents Don't Agree on Childrearing Choices
Which Masks Hamper Communication the Least?
White House to Give Schools 10 Million Free COVID Tests Every Month
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
Who's Most Likely to Get Bullied at School?
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
Why Are More Women Using Pot, Other Cannabis Products During Pregnancy?
Why Don't People Have Memories of Their Infancy?
Why Early Bedtime May Be Best for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Why Handwriting Still Beats Typing, Videos at Helping Folks Learn
Why Music at Bedtime Might Not Be a Great Idea
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Why Sleep Raises Risk for Sudden Death in People With Epilepsy
Will Schools Reopen in September? And What Will That Look Like?
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Work Worries Keep Lots of Americans Awake Sunday Nights
Worry, Depression, Burnout: Survey Finds College Students Stressed as Fall Term Nears
Yes, Bad Sleep Does Make People Grumpy
Your Media Use & Coronavirus Precautions Are Probably Linked, Survey Shows
Your Metabolism Changes As You Age, Just Not When You Think
Your Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms
Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma
Your Teen's Smartphone Could Be Key to Unhealthy Weight
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women
Zika May Have Damaged More Infants' Brains Than Expected
Zika Virus Tied to Profound Developmental Delays
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