Smoking among teen-agers increases risk for anxiety disorders
... has been known for some time, but whether anxious teens are simply more likely to become hooked on cigaret...types of anxiety disorders." Therefore, preventing teens from getting hooked on cigarettes can promote mental as well as physical health into adulthood. Many...GL701 (prasterone) significantly reduces lupus flares
...of whom experience the initial onset in their late teens and early twenties. In lupus, the body develops antibodies that react against a person's normal tissue, which can lead to inflammation, arthritis pain, tissue injury and major organ damage. The disease is characterized by flares of disease activ...Marijuana use rises and falls with price and perceived harm, study shows
...se contribute to an understanding of the number of teens who use marijuana and underscore the usefulness of considering price in addition to more traditional determinants in future studies," said Chaloupka. ImpacTeen researchers have been leaders in investigating the effects of price on the demand for to...Government asks UNC to develop school program about alcohol and birth defects
..."We expect the educational program to excite young teens and pre-teens about doing science as they explore for themselves the effects of alcohol on developing organisms. Student excitement always has a multiplier effect at home - which a lecturing approach in school toward alcohol use never does - so it wo...Study: crime, lack of PE, recreation programs lead U.S. adolescents to couch-potato lifestyles
...ue to overly sedentary lifestyles, which lead some teens to become couch potatoes. Our kids on the whole ar...active and watch too much television, and inactive teens become inactive as adults." Gordon-Larsen and colleagues conducted their study -- the most detailed...Promising new research on schizophrenia causes
...becomes evident when individuals are in their late teens or early twenties. "If future scientific studies confirm that a defect in the expression of the reelin gene causes a predisposition for psychosis, there are important implications for treatment," Costa said. "We may one day be able to alter the gene'...Drug trends among American teens
...it drug use in the prior year peaked among younger teens in 1996 and among older teens in 1997. In general, the usage statistics have been receding since then, at least until 1999. Dr...Cigarette smoking among American teens
ANN ARBOR---The proportion of teens who are current cigarette smokers continued to dec...of Cigarettes While the great majority of young teens feel that they could get cigarettes "fairly easily" or "very easily" if they wanted them (72 percent...Researchers find one in five children not getting care they think they need
...lyzing responses to questions asked of 20,000 U.S. teens in 1995 about their behavior and attitudes as part...e about twice as likely to report foregone care as teens with no symptoms (32-39 percent vs. 17-18 percent), Ford said. Adolescents most in need of health ca......gs, Dr. Leshner explained. As a way of reaching teens and young adults, the Institute also will distribute 330,000 free postcards throughout Washington, DC, New York City, and 200 shopping malls nationwide during December. The postcards, available at HotStamp racks in restaurants, bars, coffee shops, b...Federal institutes and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation create Tobacco Use Research Centers
...ion and howto prevent tobacco use, particularly by teens and younger children," said AlanI. Leshner, Ph.D., NIDA's Director. "These centers promise to accelerate development of effective tobacco controlinterventions, speed the transfer of these approaches to communities across thenation, and create a core ...Education may help the fight against high blood pressure
...edwith a reduced risk of high blood pressure among teens later in life, suggests asmall study presented at ...having parents with some college educationcan help teens compensate for the negative effects of living in a lowsocioeconomic neighborhood," says Dawn K. Wils...Research finds U.S. adolescents inactive; blacks, Hispanics, Asians at biggest risk
...rmation came fromdetailed, confidential surveys of teens about their experiences, practices andattitudes and included 3,135 non-Hispanic blacks, 2,446 Hispanics and 976Asians. Researchers looked chiefly at patterns of both physical activity andbehaviors such as watching television and videos and p...Study finds parental influence still important during adolescence
...y examining how close the teens perceived themselves tobe ... School influence was measured by how much time teens said they spent on homework and studying, their at...One in seven adolescents still doesn't have health insurance
...commendationfor children aged 10 to 18. Uninsured teens are twice as likely not to haveseen a doctor in mo...uch as drugs or violence. Physicians who work with teens often can head offproblems by offering appropriate screening, intervention or counseling. There is...... Brandeis-- were assisted by a cohort of epileptic teens who played video games in thename of science. The ...he electrical signals of the brain's workwhile the teens worked their way through the mazes. They found that variousparts of the brain produced telltale wave......-week operation and the number ofshift workers and teens continues to climb, the problem could worsen if changesare not made now," said NHTSA Administrator Ricardo Martinez, MD. "NHTSA, withNCSDR, is leading the way to tackle this potential problem early on." Between 1985 and 1997, the number of people wo...Stress Patterns In Adolescence Differ Between Boys And Girls
...o received treatment at amental health clinic. The teens and their parents provided details aboutspecific e...ts, a school failure, or a move to a new home. The teens alsocompleted standard questionnaires probing their symptoms of depression andanxiety. Girls and boy...Stress Hormone Tied To Depression And Conduct Disorder In Pregnant Teens
...as found evidence, for the first time, in pregnant teens thatlower concentrations of a stress hormone in the blood are linked to greaternumbers of depression and conduct disorder symptoms. Dr. Elizabeth Susman, the Jean Phillips Shibley Professor ofBiobehavioral Health and leader of the study, says...Community Plays Key Role In Preventing Teen Suicide, UF Scientist Says
...chool and club activities are important in helping teens developself esteem and in giving them opportunities to learn social and otherskills. "Unfortunately, parental involvement in schools drops during adolescence,"Perkins said, "when in reality, kids really need their parents in theirlives." Perkins said...