Study: Closeness to mother can delay first instance of sexual intercourse among younger teens
... of connectedness with their mothers in which the teen feels close to mom and perceives that she is warm and caring makes a difference. This effect was not seen among older teenager girls. At every age studied, girls whose mothers have higher levels of education are less likely to become sexually active....Preventive sessions after divorce protect children into teens
...dren later halved rates of mental disorders in the teen years, among other benefits, in the first study to document long-term effects of such preventive interventions using a randomized experimental trial. Prevalence of mental disorders rose to 23.5 percent among teens in families that did not receive a...Novelty contact lenses offer great looks great risks
PORTLAND, Ore. Novelty contact lenses, a new teen sensation, allow wearers to highlight their eyes with American flags, eight balls, NFL logos, cat's eyes and more. However, clinicians and physicians at the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University have joined the Food and Drug Admin...School condom availability does not increase sexual activity
... prove the condom availability programs influenced teen sexual behaviors. "Nonetheless, our results suggest that making condoms available, a clear indication of social and environmental support for condom use, may improve HIV prevention practices," Blake concludes. "There is a continuing need for effect...New study sheds light on reasons behind teenage gun toting
... drugs or fighting. How often a teen carried a gun depended on his...hool before graduation. Each teen in the current study was asked how many times in the past 12 months he or she h...Severe childhood ADHD may predict alcohol, substance use problems in teen years
... emergence of substance abuse disorders during the teen years."...Obesity can be harmful to your child's mental health
...ymptoms that might indicate an overweight child or teen is experiencing emotional distress: Your child seems to have reduced energy or interests and is reluctant to enter into social relationships or other activities; Your child seems increasingly sad, lonely, angry or withdrawn; Your child has...Scientists discover overweight, obesity jump during period between adolescence, adulthood
...onsidered that excessive as they aged out of their teen years. "This research highlights the critical nature of the adolescent and young adult period for developing and continuing obesity," said Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, assistant professor of nutrition at the UNC schools of public health and medicine and...Elementary signs of heart disease found in children
...inning prior to puberty and continuing through the teen years. "Some insulin resistance is normal with puberty. In addition, obesity increases with puberty, earlier in girls than boys," Harrell said. "As we follow the children, we'll see whether these metabolic syndrome factors persist in adolescence." ...One in eight N.C. schoolchildren display three or more heart risks
...inning prior to puberty and continuing through the teen years. "Some insulin resistance is normal with puberty," Harrell said. "In addition, obesity increases with puberty, earlier in girls than in boys. As we follow the children, we'll see whether these factors persist in adolescence." Significantly more...Faulty wiring in the brain may cause early-onset schizophrenia
...yelination activity is at its strongest during the teen years. "This is a critical time for adolescents who are still maturing emotionally," Dr. Ashtari said. "During the myelination process, microstructural damage to developing white matter fiber tracts may lead to developmental abnormalities. These are ...Heart foundation in New Jersey benefits from court-ordered funding during National Heart Month
...tners. One such program is Teen Esteem, a study on teen obesity at Trenton High School that is scheduled for September of this year. Another program is a series of professional nursing courses that present cardiac care models that better fit the special needs of women. Upon completion of the CU-accredited...Ratings of teen-rated video games do not always fully describe content
...ts of this study and the recent glimpse of popular teen culture that parents saw in the Super Bowl half-time show should serve as a wake-up call to parents to pay attention to what's in their children's media diets," says senior author Thompson, who also is associate professor of Risk Analysis and Decisio...Depression on College Campuses conference
... depression vulnerability peaks in a person's late teen years, and experts estimate that as many as 15 percent of college-aged young people may have some form of depressive illness. On March 9 and 10, experts from around the country will gather at the University of Michigan for a conference addressing dep...Women who were sexually abused as children more likely to smoke
...gnificantly over recent decades, smoking rates for teen and adult women recently have increased. The conclusions of this research are limited by the small number of participants. "But the findings do support a compelling argument that sexual abuse is a strong -- yet little understood -- predictor of smo...America's teens: Growing up and out
...g. "That means the rate of weight gain during the teen years is now roughly double what it was," said study author Patricia H. Davis, M.D., associate professor of neurology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. "We expected that today's teens would be somewhat more obese but were surprised by the magni...Soft drinks not linked to decreased calcium intake
...n of diet carbonated soft drinks is low even among teen girls, who consume an average of only 59 grams, or less than two-tenths of a 12-ounce can, per day. "Many people have the mistaken impression that adolescent girls are drinking inordinate amounts of soft drinks," Storey said. "However, it is ...Sitting in nonsmoking sections a powerful tactic for preventing teen smoking
... also had a significant impact on preventing daily teen smoking. (Adolescent children of smoking parents who banned smoking in the home and asked people not to smoke in their presence were 15 percent and 8 percent less likely to smoke, respectively, compared to children of parents who did not). A substant...Are toddlers who can't sleep at higher risk of becoming teens who smoke, drink or do drugs?
...l use alcohol, cigarettes and drugs early in their teen years. Young teens whose preschool sleep habits we...f the Chelsea Arbor Treatment Center, which treats teen and adult substance abusers. (Chelsea Arbor is a joint program of U-M and Chelsea Community Hospital...UCI Tobacco research center reports why teens are most vulnerable to smoking addiction
... of self-medication. Programs designed to prevent teen smoking have the greatest positive economic impact...s involved with one of the nation's health crises: teen smoking. Part of its mission is to understand how nicotine, the addictive element of tobacco, impact...