Toddlers are getting their hands on e-cigarettes and inhaling at an alarming rate, new Rutgers study shows

Researchers at the New Jersey Poison Control Center analyzed nearly 93,000 calls to centers nationwide and found a 243% spike ...

Kids Who Drink Water With Fluoride Do Not Have Lower IQs, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds

The research is the first to look at the long-term effects of exposure to fluoridated community water in childhood.

From childhood to old age, fluoridated water has no negative effect on IQ or cognition, study finds

Despite the claims of RFK Jr. and others, tests of intelligence and brain function were the same whether or not people drank ...
YourTango

Study Finds When Kids Are Given Permission To Do This 'Bad' Thing, They Probably Won't

A study published in the journal Developmental Sciences found that when kids are given permission to lie, they are less ...

'Forever Chemicals' May Be Weakening The Bones of Children, Study Warns

There are increasing concerns over the harm being done by so-called 'forever chemicals', and research has now linked some of ...
Reason

Study: Kids With Smartphones Are Less Depressed, Anxious, Bullied Than Peers Without Them

It's funny how much media coverage is devoted to anything suggesting that phones might be ruining kids—and how little coverage goes to studies suggesting the opposite. So it goes with a new report ...
Los Angeles Times

American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades, new study finds

The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new study says. Much of ...
STAT

Study saying monthly cash won’t help children’s health is highly misleading — even irresponsible

Luby is an infant/preschool psychiatrist clinician researcher at Washington University School of Medicine. Barch is a clinical scientist researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. The New York ...
AsiaOne

AI-powered social robots significantly improve emotional well-being in elderly, children: Study

A pilot study in Singapore involving Lovot — the doll-like social companion robot developed by Japanese firm Groove X — has ...
WHYY

American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly 20 years, new study finds

The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new study says. Much of ...