(Natural News) While scientists continue to research social media’s impact on human health, recent findings suggest that social media contributes to symptoms of depression, especially among the youth. Take a look at the following study to learn more about the link between social media and depression, as well as tips on how to care for your mental health in these modern times. […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala – the part of the brain responsible for emotional processing and for governing social behaviors and interactions. These neurons, they noted, remain in an immature state throughout a person’s childhood. While most of these neurons mature quickly once a […]

(Natural News) Adolescence is a time of exploration, a time of forming one’s own identity. It’s also a time of impulse, confusion, and mental and physiological development. When teenagers are introduced to alcohol at a young age, they may develop a psychological attachment to the substance. At a younger age, alcohol is capable of possessing […]

(Natural News) Air pollution is known to cause respiratory health, but a new study suggests that it can also affect mental health, especially in teenagers. The study, which was published in JAMA Psychiatry, found that teenagers who were exposed to air pollution growing up are at a higher risk of psychosis. This is the first […]

(Natural News) It turns out that the places you frequented as a child played a big role in how your immune system developed over the years. A new Finnish study explained that these exposures to different environments during the early stage of life could determine whether or not a person would develop asthma or other allergic […]

(Natural News) Many adults can look back to a period in their childhood where they went outside to play; however, this isn’t the case for most children in today’s generation. Nowadays, children and young adults spend 60 percent of their day doing sedentary activities like lying down, watching TV, and playing video games. This is […]

(Natural News) Do you remember all those times with the “mainstream media” treated President Barack Obama with the same degree of scrutiny and derision with which they treat President Donald Trump? Neither do we, but the question wasn’t posed to solicit an answer, it was posed to make a point about what never happened to […]

(Natural News) Young adults who take a nap during the day perform better in school, according to a study published in the journal Behavioral Sleep Medicine. A team of researchers from the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania looked at the effect of napping during the day on the neurocognitive function in teenagers. In conducting the observational […]

(Natural News) Parents of teens know this familiar scene: The adolescent comes home from school, his eyes almost drooping, his body limp. It’s been a long day. But he still has a lot of things to do. There’s a long exam tomorrow, and a paper to boot. So he fishes out the can of energy drink from his […]