Anne Hoffman

Teenagers are often thought of as irresponsible — or even reckless. But a group of local researchers recently came to a different concl ...

With about a quarter of all practicing physicians 65 or older, hospitals and practices from California to New Jersey are screening doctor ...

Amid a national shortage of psychiatrists, residents of rural and low-income areas feel are feeling the  pinch more strongly. Ech ...

After the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, some parents are struggling to explain hate groups such as neo-Nazis or the Ku Klux ...

From Seattle, to right here in Philadelphia, organizations testing and evaluating programs meant to lower teen pregnancy rates are losing ...

The suicide rate of girls from 15 to 19 has doubled from 2007 to 2015; while researchers have several theories, they aren’t quite s ...

A few healthcare providers in New Jersey will improve the integration of behavioral and physical health at the doctor’s office — ...

Depression and financial worries are big issues for people who have cancer. It’s part of a new survey of about 12-thousand p ...

The goal is a lofty one — to transform the city of Philadelphia. Organizers of Greater Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference are goin ...

Are brain-training games effective for better cognitive performance? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say there’ ...

New research from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia finds that poverty can slow a baby’s language and cognitive develop ...

In the midst of the opioid epidemic, researchers at Vanderbilt University wanted to see the level of pain medicine providers were prescri ...