American teens are increasingly turning to the weight-loss drug Wegovy as more families and their doctors gain confidence in ...

Psychologists say as smartphones and social media grew around 2012, so did the rate of depression among ... Health Services Administration. And for teen girls its worse. By 2019, one in four US ...

Most US Teens Are Abstaining From Drinking ... since the annual survey started measuring abstinence in 2017. Among 10th graders, 80% said they hadn’t used any of those substances recently ...

Pouch use nearly doubled among US high school students between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from the University of Southern California, as some teens see it as a “safer ...

TikTok is fuel for many trends, including a skincare craze among teens, pre-teens — okay, and us. The "glass skin ... for NPR by senior science and health editor and correspondent Maria Godoy.

The research, involving surveys of more than 10,000 teens from around the country, appears in JAMA Network Open. "This growing public health issue ... Use and Co-Use among US Youth in 2023 and ...

According to Hagen, there are a few reasons why depression is increasing among adolescents. “The pandemic certainly exacerbated mental health challenges for many people in the US, especially for ...

The impact of social media on young people’s mental health ... of concern among parents, educators, health care professionals and regulators. And now, nearly half of US teens say social media ...

Mental health experts on Long Island said that while those numbers may be cause for limited optimism, they underscored that depression, anxiety and other issues remain widespread among teenagers.