Teen Health:
Teen Health News, Research on Teen Health and Tips for Teenagers.
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Nov 8th, 2008
A new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reports bullies may enjoy seeing someone else in pain. The boys with the diagnosis of aggressive conduct disorder had previously exhibited aggressive behavior such as picking a fight, using a weapon or stealing.
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Nov 6th, 2008
A new study shows that boys use alcohol to get girls to have sex with them. Somebody give me some grant money to show the already obvious about teens, alcohol and sexual health.
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Nov 5th, 2008
Drug use among teens has reached epidemic proportions. No matter how vigilant you are, your teens will definitely be exposed to drugs at school, the very place you think should be a safe environment. Mrs. Reagan’s ‘Just say no to drugs’ campaign was a complete failure. The truth is that teens perceive adults as old fuddy-duddies that don’t know their head from a hole in the ground. Parents, try as they may, face an uphill war in safe guarding their children from the ravaging effects of drugs.
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Nov 3rd, 2008
Teenagers who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows.
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Nov 3rd, 2008
Mentoring youths, counseling parents can reduce youth violence, researchers say.
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Oct 31st, 2008
Individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) were the only interventions found effective in an evaluation of seven commonly-used approaches to reduce the psychological harm to youth who experience trauma
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Oct 23rd, 2008
One in four teenage girls has begun the process of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) with the three-shot series of Gardasil, according to the 2007 National Immunization Survey-Teen. In March 2007 the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that all girls age 11 or 12 be routinely vaccinated with three doses of quadrivalent HPV vaccine. The new survey was the first official government report on compliance.
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Oct 21st, 2008
One place that may be overlooked during National Fire Prevention Week is the college student's off-campus home.
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Oct 16th, 2008
A report suggests that as many as a third of elementary and middle school students in Oklahoma are involved in bullying.
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Oct 15th, 2008
A new study sheds light on the lives of teenage boys who abuse their girlfriends. In their own words, the young men often describe facing challenges such as growing up with troubled family lives, having little or no support when they began to fail at school, and witnessing violence in their own homes and communities.
