The obesity epidemic may be gaining momentum earlier in adulthood than in previous decades. A new analysis from the ...

Portraits of individual struggle can’t replace the best big-picture evidence about the state of the nation.

Doctors are raising the alarm over the rising number of young adults diagnosed with cancer across the United States.

Adults who say they remember previous lives are reporting unusually high levels of mental health disorders at rates far above what is typically seen in the wider public and even in many high-stress ...

Scientists are now able to examine people with known medical histories to find more concrete links between these cranial ...

The administration’s heavy-handed actions last week are a performative show of force in search of a problem, write Riya Saha ...

Physical and verbal abuse during childhood is associated with increased odds of low mental well-being in adulthood compared ...

Season 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty is the new shot of energy that excited fans with this coming-of-age hit.

As less young people meet major economic milestones such as moving out and getting married, the concept of adulthood is ...

While a good coming-of-age film can connect with audiences that see themselves represented onscreen, a truly great entry in the genre can address universal themes of growing up that any viewer can ...

The older I get, the more I appreciate all the hard work youngsters must do just to reach adulthood in a reasonably healthy ...

The behaviors that slow us down as adults often have roots in small moments we didn’t even question as children.