2004's top 10 hot topics in plastic surgery
...etic procedures. Although numbers have increased, teens are a small percentage of the total plastic surgery population. 2. "Reality" television For network executives, the recipe for high ratings is plastic surgery combined with reality television. Unfortunately, these shows can foster unrealistic and u...Minority teens' views of drug use differ from reality
...r of communication arts and sciences. Of the Black teens who reported using alcohol or other drugs, 100 percent believed that Black adolescents used more drugs than Whites and Hispanics in the same age group. According to Miller-Day's own data, only 16 percent of the Black youth queried, admitted using dr...Bulimic teens also likely to suffer from depression
...o create more focused and effective treatments for teens with bulimia. Knowledge of the co-existence of bulimia and dysthymia in teens can help therapists assess specifically for dysthymia in bulimic patients and choose a treatment tha...Grant to study why teens smoke
...ecause surprisingly little is known about why some teens experiment with smoking and quit, while others experiment and become dependent," said Robin Mermelstein, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Health Behavior Research at UIC's Institute for Health Research and Policy. "We will l...Psychotherapy, meds best for youth with obsessive compulsive disorder
...ed CBT with an SSRI and combination treatment, for teens with depression, the medication proved superior to CBT. In this case the reverse was true but in both studies, combination was superior. This underscores that different disorders in adolescents respond to different treatments," noted NIMH Director Th...Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...rn in the public health community that parents and teens are not aware of these trends and may assume this ...not name one symptom. It is important for parents, teens and healthcare providers to remember that childhood immunization against pertussis wears off five to...Chicken pox vaccine saves $$, protects whole population
... kinds of severe cases that used to send children, teens and adults to the hospital, a new study finds. In ...ewer infections among kids means less exposure for teens and adults who haven't had the disease or the vaccine -- and who are most likely to need hospital tr...Highlights of the September Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...h-schoolers to focus on their body image. But many teens have unrealistic notions about their own weight many more teens believe they are overweight than actually are. Unless a doctor advises it, the teen years are not a ...New survey reveals surprising insights into parental attitudes toward teenage sexual behavior
...ay to help educate parents on how to protect their teens from various health risks including hepatitis B. ...atitis B for infants has occurred since 1991, many teens born prior to this date may have been missed. As such, SAM recommends that all teens be vaccinated ...Parental control of media influences behavior
... In movies the smoking is done by movie stars that teens look up to and emulate. Beach said "Our study shows that children whose parents limit the types of movies they can see have much lower exposure to movie depictions of smoking and, consequently, much lower risk for smoking themselves." The study fol...New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
... 1,500 die in those crashes. Young people in their teens and twenties, who are particularly susceptible to the effects of chronic sleep loss, are involved in more than half of the fall-asleep crashes on the nation's highways each year. Sleep loss also interferes with the learning of young people in our nat...Caffeine consumption associated with increases in blood pressure in adolescents
...ip between blood pressure and caffeine among white teens or in African American adolescents consuming caffeine intakes less than 100 milligrams per day, suggesting individual variations in caffeine metabolism and/or adaptation to habitual use, both of which could influence the effects of caffeine on blood ...Link between caffeine consumption, high blood pressure found in adolescents
...the concern about soda consumption in children and teens should not be limited to the fact that soft drinks add more calories to the diet," says Dr. Margaret R. Savoca, nutritionist and postdoctoral fellow at the Medical College of Georgia and lead author on the study. "Caffeine consumption may also impact...Bupropion, counseling may help youth with ADHD stop smoking
... bupropion with brief counseling sessions may help teens reduce or stop smoking, even those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Evidence suggests that people with ADHD have more difficulty quitting smoking than people who do not have the disorder. Bupropion is known commonly as Zyban or W...Even drug-resistant HIV infection responds to right treatment
...hildren born with HIV are now surviving into their teens and early adulthood thanks to research advances over the past decade. However, it's also likely these children will develop drug resistance due to sequential exposure to HIV treatments, including antiretroviral (ARV) therapies. Researchers at the Joh...Study finds lean beef can be part of healthy diet for teens
...ry and fish. Results showed teens eating increased amounts of lean beef were able to...-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. The teens eating increased amounts of poultry and fish lowered LDL levels but did not see the same results wit...Rare risk: Adolescent binging on marijuana linked to stroke
...uana," Dr. Geller says. Strokes in children and teens are extremely rare, occurring in about six cases p...they became suspicious, Dr. Geller says. All three teens had strokes in the cerebellar hemispheres of the brain. Two of the adolescents died. "Here were t...Are toddlers who can't sleep at higher risk of becoming teens who smoke, drink or do drugs?
...arettes and drugs early in their teen years. Young teens whose preschool sleep habits were poor were more t...o, several studies based on one-time interviews of teens have shown a high co-incidence of sleep problems and drug and alcohol use, although depression or ag...New study finds even a 'small' amount of psoriasis can negatively impact daily life
... include the hundreds of thousands of children and teens under age 18 with the disease; adults who have psoriasis but have not been diagnosed by a physician; or those living in Alaska and Hawaii. Biogen Idec and Amgen/Wyeth provided the Psoriasis Foundation with an unrestricted educational grant to fund th......ta continue to show that soft drink consumption by teens is actually far less than is perceived. The study found that adolescent girls (14 to 18 years of age) on average drink about one 12-ounce can of soda a day, and pre-adolescent girls (nine to 13 years of age) drink about three-fourths of a 12-ounce ca...