Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo’s "The Tiny Things Are Heavier" is a reflection on young adulthood, migration, cultural ...

University of Delaware Assistant Professor Eric Layland demonstrates why mental health support is critical for Black, Latinx ...

Schizophrenia onset is typically in adolescence or early adulthood, ... a pair of studies use new technology to study schizophrenia in models of early human brain development. Skip to main content.

About 67% of the difference in adult height between individuals was determined by early life, about 67% was by childhood growth, whereas about 60% was attributed to birth size and 37% to the ...

Researchers have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single-cell resolution, spanning from early development to adulthood and through disease stages such as ...

The role of nutrition. Proper nutrition during early development proves crucial for optimal brain growth. Essential nutrients, particularly omega-3 fatty acids, iron, and protein, support neural ...

Elise Monsanto plans to get around to some of the "grown-up" milestones that generally mark early adulthood; she's just not in a rush. She didn't get her driver's license until she was 20. She and ...

Before a person is even born, the brain has undergone intense expansion and growth in its complexity. This dramatic development continues into the first years of childhood. After an early boom ...

Percentage of endorsement of defining characteristics of adulthood. Credit: Journal of Adult Development (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s10804-024-09477-8 ...

During the evaluation of those with a persistent high BMI, defined as “normal BMI at an early age, increased in childhood and persistently increasing in later follow-up,” vs. those with stable ...

Primary prevention by targeting the development of obesity and fat deposition in early and mid-adulthood is key to reducing the risk of cardiac damage later in life.