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CHLA study finds that youth from lower-income families reported better mental health during the pandemic than adolescents from wealthier families

Citing the latest research, an authority on fetal development discusses the known effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

CHLA researchers found low-income children and adolescents gained more weight during the pandemic than youth from more affluent families.

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The pandemic stopped the world in its tracks, forcing many industries to shut down. Research was affected, with labs closed and investigators asked to work remotely. But while many projects were

Ellen Chang, MD, MS Ellen is the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology/Survivorship fellow. She is passionate about improving long-term health outcomes in childhood cancer survivors. “In medical

Adolescence is a time of great change, both emotionally, socially and physically. To understand how these changes affect the health of our nation’s children as they develop, the National Institutes of

An article aimed at kids 10 to 15-years old by researchers Elizabeth R. Sowell, PhD, Kristina Uban and Megan Herting from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles asks the provocative question: Imagine that