Sex! Violence! Drugs! Alcohol! Bullying! Pregnancy! Parenting can feel like a minefield at times, and a recent national poll reveals how important all these child health issues are to adults across the U.S.

Everyone is afraid from time to time, but if you suffer from a panic disorder, the feeling can strike quickly and without warning in a way that impedes your ability to live a normal life. Now research is attempting to give us a better understanding of the physical effects of the disorder and explore new possible treatments.

The image of "obesity" often conjures up people who can barely fit through a doorway or who always require two airline seats.

Scientist have made amazing progress measuring the electrical fields of the brain, especially in recent decades. Does medical science now know enough to be able to use that knowledge to change the brain's electrical state, so that patients with medical conditions benefit? For the better part of a century, researchers and clinicians have been able to put sensors on a patient's scalp to measure how the brain's 100 billion neurons generate electrical fields. The patterns produced when these fields are recorded by the sensors as waves are known as an electroencephalogram, or EEG. Th...

How do you know when someone you love, or you yourself, could use the help of a therapist? Often, people exhibit some warning signs that they are dealing with overwhelming feelings or circumstances.

ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, can cause a variety of behavioral problems among children on its own. However, new research is showing a potential connection between ADHD and other issues as these children enter adolescence.

You may have seen the studies trumpeting the higher amount of life satisfaction found among parents. Or the studies that found lower levels of well-being among parents. So which is it?

Your heart is your body's engine. Much like the engine of a car, you have to take good care of your heart to keep the body running smoothly. If you do not maintain a healthy heart, you may run into problems down the road.

Our most complex artifact, the digital computer, has long been used as a metaphor to explain how the brain works. Now, brain scientists are increasingly researching "neuroplasticity": how the brain changes in ways that are utterly un-computer-like.

The importance of recognizing, reporting and intervening when it comes to child abuse took years to gain wide acceptance in the US, helped by advocates such as Christina Crawford.