Teen Health:
Teen Health News, Research on Teen Health and Tips for Teenagers.
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Aug 14th, 2008
Teens report it's easier for them to access prescription drugs than beer, a fact that urges parents to be more attentive. Thirty four percent of teenagers abuse prescription drugs and harm their health without realizing it.
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Aug 12th, 2008
School's about to start and schedules will soon be filled with extra-curricular activities. That makes it hard to keep health top-of-mind.
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Aug 11th, 2008
Addressing and improving mental health outcomes for students is a particularly complex issue in urban public schools.
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Aug 5th, 2008
Freshmen face many new experiences when they head off to college. Learning to eat right and take care of themselves are two important areas that are often missed.
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Aug 4th, 2008
For years, many high schools around the country have been relying on outside experts to teach sensitive subjects such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and pregnancy prevention. But a recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky found that students learn more about such issues when taught by their regular classroom teacher.
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Aug 1st, 2008
Black first-graders – especially girls – who are already performing poorly in school are at risk of being depressed by the time they reach junior high.
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Jul 31st, 2008
Parents who have regular meals with their adolescent children might help lessen the chances they will start drinking or smoking later in their teen years.
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Jul 29th, 2008
The risk of potentially devastating tears to an important knee ligament may be reduced in female college soccer players by an alternative warm-up program that focuses on stretching, strengthening, and improving balance and movements.
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Jul 18th, 2008
Fortenbacher, along with her 15-year-old son Austin, created a magnetic symbol in 2006 which is placed on the parent's car to alert other drivers that a new driver, especially a teen driver is behind the wheel.
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Jul 17th, 2008
The nation’s fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment.
