HONOLULU (KHON2) — The first five years of a child’s life are everything. For Our Keiki shares simple, practical tips to boost your child’s development from birth to five years old. When it comes to ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...

Researchers used baby teeth to prove that environmental metal exposure during specific weeks of infancy predicts adolescent ...

Experts outline how brain development, gut health, and sleep are biologically linked and shaped by early nutrition.

The brain and metabolism are in constant conversation. When that conversation goes wrong during critical windows of early development, autism spectrum disorder can result. That’s the core insight from ...

A new scientific statement highlights how mental health, sleep, and the gut microbiome shape brain health from childhood ...