By Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper Last year in TFW, we wrote about the gendered aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), noting stark differences between...
In an ambitious 478-page report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the...
A new study conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) found certain brain functions are enhanced in teens who are fluent in more than...
A 13-year-old New York boy who played field hockey growing up in Ireland has been told that after two years as a member of the...
A federal judge on Monday blocked a Texas rule that would have excluded Planned Parenthood from participating in the state’s women’s health program. U.S. District Judge Lee...
By Shantyana C. Lledin I am a Hispanic woman. What I am not is someone who wants to be fetishized for this. I am not...
In a historic ruling, a U.N.-backed court on Thursday convicted ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor of war crimes during a conflict that left 50,000 dead. Taylor, 64,...
It’s known as the “youth bulge” – a decrease in child mortality rates leading to the largest generation of adolescents in history: 1.2 billion to...
If you are a teen with a sexual urge, what should you do? High school seniors in Thailand were perplexed this year when they were...
A Denver artist has created a portrait of Florida shooting suspect George Zimmerman using more than 12,000 Skittles — the candy that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin...
The Asia Society survey on women’s status in health, education, economic activity and political leadership urges improvements to ensure the region benefits fully from its underused...
Members of Afghan Young Women for Change staged a protest march in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Saturday, denouncing violence against women, according to AFP photographs. Some...
Andre McCollins is suing the Judge Rotenberg Center for developmentally disabled students, which treated him in part by attaching electrodes to his body and shocking him....
Last Saturday Joyce Banda was sworn in as president of Malawi, replacing former president Bingu wa Mutharika after his death. She becomes Africa’s second...
Prosecutors in Sacramento, CA have taken the unusual step of detaining an alleged teenage rape victim who has a history of running away, saying she...
Nearly half of preschoolers don’t venture outside with their parents to play every day, and girls are most likely to suffer, according to a new...
Given the national debate regarding birth control coverage, it’s increasingly clear that many people have no idea how much it costs it to own a...
Americans may not have the healthiest diets, but most get adequate levels of essential vitamins and nutrients, according to a new report from the Centers...