Novelty-seeking teens may be more easily influenced by tobacco advertisements
...ive to tobacco industry promotional campaigns than teens with low levels of the trait. Novelty-seeking is a... Pennsylvania and Georgetown University found that teens with high levels of the novelty-seeking trait may be more than twice as likely as those low in the t...Study will identify best treatment for type 2 diabetes in youth
...hree treatments of type 2 diabetes in children and teens has begun in 12 medical centers and their affiliat...vity. Researchers plan to enroll 750 children and teens 10 to 17 years old diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the past 2 years. The trial is expected to las...Childhood obesity leads to adult diabetes, researcher says
...part of the group and adds that young children and teens tend to think of themselves as invincible. Health care providers must also get more involved, Misra says. They must work harder to educate parents - especially minority parents - on healthier diets and advise them on how to encourage their childr...America's teens: Growing up and out
...ty of Iowa in Iowa City. "We expected that today's teens would be somewhat more obese but were surprised by the magnitude of the change." The study also showed that total cholesterol and blood pressure, both risk factors for cardiovascular disease, are more strongly correlated with obesity in today's teena...Studies highlight impact of Sept. 11, Iraq war on adolescents
...m the terrorist attacks, in that 28 percent of the teens felt pessimistic about their future, 26 percent expressed a loss of faith in government protection and 22 percent were pessimistic about world peace. Nearly 54 percent reported feeling closer to at least one person because of how they reacted to the ...Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
...cantly reduced their own cigarette use compared to teens in traditional drug abuse prevention classes. What...g for other health-related issues, such as helping teens make better food and exercise choices, Winkleby said....Teenagers with cancer are missing out on vital services
...s it looks apparent that the worst victims are the teens and young adults. "The threat of a reduction in clinical trials from the current EU Directive is being tackled here in Parliament". "Currently, in my constituency, Norwich North, the nearest specialist Teenage Cancer Trust unit for a teenager with ca...UK Teenage Cancer Trust demands government action to aid young cancer patients
...s the most common cause of non-accidental death in teens and young adults in the UK. The Teenage Cancer Tru...g and generally trying to drag cancer services for teens and young adults into the 21st century. Yet successive governments have done nothing." There was at ...Ratings of teen-rated video games do not always fully describe content
... of game content for and with their children. With teens consuming large amounts of media containing content that might surprise parents and promote unhealthy behaviors, researchers believe parents should engage their children in discussions about media content. "The results of this study and the recent g...How the cellular 'garbage disposal' grinds to a halt to cause Batten disease
...and mental retardation. Most patients die in their teens or 20s. A biochemist who uses yeast to study basic biological processes, in the past few years Pearce's laboratory has grown to more than a dozen scientists focusing on Batten disease. Based on his findings, a Rochester team hopes to conduct ...Friendships play key role in suicidal thoughts of girls, but not boys
...ndings, the study mirrored other studies that show teens are less at risk if they participate in more activities with their parents and if they attend church regularly. "Parents should talk often to their children, do things with them and, if they're religious, take them to church," he said. Teachers and ......m with a lit candle. Do not allow children or teens to have candles in their bedrooms. Store candles, matches and lighters up high and out of children's sight and reach, preferably in a locked cabinet. Loyola University Medical Center's Burn Center is a major treatment and research center for b...Bullying in schools pervasive, UCLA study finds
...cent of the students in the UCLA study. "Young teens who are victims of bullying are often emotionally distressed and socially marginalized," said Juvonen, who also works as a consultant to Los Angeles elementary schools on developing anti-bullying programs. "Many of the victims are disengaged in schoo...NYU Child Study Center raises nearly $3.2 million at annual child advocacy award dinner
...isorders. "More than 10 million children and teens in this country suffer from a psychiatric illness more than leukemia, diabetes and AIDS combined. And 70% of those children never receive treatment," said Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., Director of the Child Study Center. "Mental illness robs children ...Outpatient procedure shrinks benign breast lumps
...g 10 percent of American women, most in their late teens and early 20s, fibroadenomas are often considered a leave-alone lesion. However, approximately 1 million are removed annually because of size, continued growth or for cosmetic reasons. African-American women have twice the incidence of fibroadenomas ...Faulty wiring in the brain may cause early-onset schizophrenia
... especially disheartening because so many of these teens aren't diagnosed until they're adults," Dr. Kumra said. "Because these patients develop the disease at an early age when they have not yet built their lives, they tend to have a worse prognosis than those who have adult-onset schizophrenia." Dr. Ash...Suicidal minority teens lack adult support
Low-income black and Latino teens who report suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts a... Journal of Health Behavior. More than half of the teens who attempted suicide said that they had not spoken with an adult before their attempt. "Clearly, ad...Students of mixed races report suffering more health problems
...e the relative risk of mixed race adolescents with teens of a single race using a large nationally representative sample. When first reported in 1997, Add Health showed that strong and supportive ties between parents and children helped protect adolescents against risky behaviors, including substance abuse...Heart risks more likely if hostility increases with age
...ce an increase in hostile feelings from their late teens to their late 40s may double their risk of obesity, depression, poor social support and achieving less with their lives than they expected, say Ilene C. Siegler, Ph.D., of Duke University Medical Center and colleagues. Those who increased their hosti...Teens struggle to find accurate, useful health information online
...rnet Research, suggests the importance of teaching teens better search strategies as well as encouraging We... difficult vocabulary all make it more likely that teens won't find the information they need, even if it's within the site." Of the 68 searches, seven were ...