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“Social connection was everything, and sometimes that came with pressure to conform, including drinking,” said Dr. Awua, a postdoctoral research associate in The University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Social Work. “I remember how hanging out with peers and even my older siblings often centered on drinking.”

That…

After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries gets an overhaul.

Clinicians say the proposed framework will lead to more accurate diagnoses and treatment, providing more rigorous care for some patients and preventing premature discussions about halting life support in others.

Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury…

The landmark report, by experts in adolescent health including from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), has revealed how supporting young people’s health and wellbeing could improve economic, social and public health for generations to come.

The 2025 Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing found…

Seeing an object and knowing visual information about it, like its usual color, activate the same parts of the brain. Seeing a yellow banana, for example, and knowing that the object represented by the word…