Social media often has positive and negative effects on the same person. Project Awesome found that its use is associated with higher levels of both depression or anxiety and happiness or well-being.

9 Minutes for Strength Training The following nine moves are strength training exercises that you may have seen before. Alone, they work a set group of muscles, but strung together in one-minute ...

Today’s housing options for seniors run the gamut, from at-home living arrangements to new communities that offer a full range of amenities and support services. "If your idea of senior living ...

To get a sense of the landscape of fake health news this year, NBC News compiled a list of the most viral health misinformation and analyzed the data to see where it spread and how people engaged ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, long a proponent of mental health awareness, has issued a warning that social media use is a main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation ...

Correction June 11, 2021 A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the 1994 rent control law in San Francisco "resulted in a 25% decline in the supply of rentals in the city." Before ...

A seismic change in how teens spend their time In Generations, Twenge analyzes mental health trends for five age groups, from the Silent Generation, who were born between 1925 and 1945, to Gen Z ...

One 2019 study poses the question of whether or not children literally carry the weight of divorce. While body mass index (BMI) in kids doesn’t immediately show an impact, the BMI over time may ...

Stages of child development are important measures of growth and maturity. There are many tools to measure development. Here's a list of developmental milestones.

The United States has been experiencing a severe shortage of affordable housing since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. 13 The crisis is particularly acute among renters, who make up 35 percent ...

While technology has many positives, it may also lead to some negative health effects. Learn about the adverse effects of technology here.