Stanford psychiatry professor for gives advice on how to cope with the new normal of school lockdown and active-shooter drills.
The average age of a newborn's dad has crept steadily upwards in the United States, from 27.4 years old in 1972 to 30.9 in 2015. …
Although having a child is usually considered a happy event, an estimated 10 to 15 percent of women living in the U.S. develop some form of …
With the parents gone away, the children have time to play — and eat, according to new research that examines the health of the millions …
When I was a kid, the ghosts and ghouls of Halloween were the scariest things around. Now that I'm older, the terrors of Halloween have …
“Our children are in trouble because we’ve outsourced the job of feeding them,” says Stanford child nutrition expert Maya Adam, MD. To tackle the problem, …
When I first met Erica Medina in 2012, she was already practiced at living in two worlds. Then 17, she loved the ordinary teenage realm …
Teenagers with bulimia nervosa benefit from their parents' help in stopping their eating disorder. In fact, a therapy that involves parents works better for teens …
It's been my experience that women struggle with their body image at some point on the way from girlhood to womanhood - this may be …
Smoking can make it more difficult to get pregnant and it can contribute to complications after conception and endanger the health of babies as they …
For many low-income children, a pediatrician is the only professional they interact with before they start kindergarten. This fact inspired Jecca Steinberg, a second-year Stanford medical student …
Thanks to recent advances in medicine, technology and research, most premature babies born in the United States face better odds of surviving than ever before. Yet, …
Today's teenagers are familiar with the dangers of smoking conventional cigarettes, but they're much less sure of the risks posed by marijuana and e-cigarettes, according to …
We’ve partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. …
Imagine a prehistoric human mother raising her baby outside of any community or family structure, with no help from others. It sure doesn't fit with …
A tiny fraction of babies born at 22 weeks of gestation survive to childhood without major impairments or disabilities, according to a study recently published …
