NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new government study reports that while fewer kids and teens are getting exposed to secondhand smoke while riding in the car, rates of exposure are still high enough to warrant concern. The authors recommend that more parts of ...

Like many activities, social networking sites offer both opportunities and risks for teens, and parents need to help their children use these sites wisely, the academy advises. Potential benefits include: staying connected with friends ...

American Academy of Pediatrics. (2011). Family life: Points to make with your teen about media. Healthy Children Organization. Retrieved from http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/pages/Points-to.... This article covers the media and ...

One new analysis of recent eye studies among children and teens found that time spent outdoors is related to a reduced risk for nearsightedness. British researchers speaking at the journal Ophthalmology's meeting in Orlando, Fla., last fall ...

hoping to get state leaders to take notice of increasing trends among children and teens. Nearly 8 percent of Utah's twelfth-graders reported they had experimented with e-cigarettes and 3 percent had used them in the past 30 days, according to a ...