Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State get grant to study link between antidepressants and suicidality in teens
...he FDA may have overstated the actual risk to most teens and children on antidepressants. Using sophisticat... whether there is an increase in suicidality among teens who were successfully treated with methods other than antidepressants. Greenhouse said that many psy...More than 3 percent of US teens have exchanged sex for money or drugs
More than 3% of US teens have exchanged sex for money or drugs, reveals a large representative survey published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The authors analysed in depth interviews of more than 13,000 adolescents taking part in a study tr...U of M study shows teen body dissatisfaction predicts use of behaviors that can lead to poor health
...lthy eating and exercise. "This study shows that teens who have negative feelings about their bodies don'...n the road. With this in mind, interventions with teens should strive to boost self-confidence so they will want to take care of themselves the right way." ...Young teens see pregnancy as a way to enhance relationships
...unprepared to raise a child. By contrast, pregnant teens who are 18 or 19 years old acknowledge that they l...as a young parent than if they were older. Some teens also said having a baby would require them to mature and take on more responsibility; one young woma...Children and teens taking antidepressants might be more likely to attempt, complete suicide
...g the risk of suicidal behavior among children and teens treated with antidepressants after a large analysis of clinical trials revealed a potential link. It is uncertain whether there is an association between treatment with antidepressants and suicidal behavior in adults, according to background informa...Parents of teens more likely than parents of younger children to store firearms unsafely
...ve to specifically include messages for parents of teens as well as parents of young children, they conclud... have to move beyond pediatricians' offices, since teens often do not visit pediatricians and their parents may not accompany them to physician appointments....Tailored HIV-prevention program effective for Latino youth
...times higher among Latinos than non-Hispanic white teens and adults in 2001, according to background inform...erage age 14.9 years). Between 2000 and 2003, the teens were recruited from high schools and community-based organizations in northeast Philadelphia and the...Johns Hopkins Children's Center to lead largest-ever study on kidney disease in children
...gression of chronic kidney disease in children and teens is poorly understood, but a national research team...turation during puberty, which is often delayed in teens with kidney disease. Patients will fill out questionnaires detailing everything from symptoms, to us...Graduated driver licensing reduces fatal crashes by 11 percent
...to a wait of at least three months before allowing teens to apply for their intermediate-stage license, plus nighttime driving restrictions and either 30 hours of supervised driving or passenger restrictions. The authors concluded that the most comprehensive graduated driver licensing programs result in th...Early drinking linked to higher lifetime alcoholism risk
...problems. Those who began drinking in their early teens were not only at greater risk of developing alcohol dependence at some point in their lives, they were also at greater risk of developing dependence more quickly and at younger ages, and of developing chronic, relapsing dependence. Among all respond...Estrogen plays different role during stress in black and white teens
...s in Atlanta June 23-26 looked at 48 mostly female teens with normal blood pressure. Researchers found the greatest changes in blood pressure response to stress in black girls and blood samples taken before, during and one hour after playing a competitive video game showed their estrogen levels dropped du...Different options produce similar results
...that compared two similar whitening strips used by teens were published in the March/April 2006 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal. "There is an intense interest in cosmetics and improved appearance by baby boomers and Generation Xers," says...Negative body image related to depression, anxiety and suicidality
...elopment. Body image concerns under-recognized in teens These findings are especially concerning for trea...ospitalization. "We have indeed seen a number of teens entering the hospital whose negative feelings about their appearance is a major influence on suicida...Homeless young people warn researchers about the dangers of cash incentives
Homeless people in their teens and early 20s are happy to take part in health research projects, but feel that being offered large financial incentives to participate can be harmful, according to a study in the latest UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing. Dr Josephine Ensign from ...New understanding of Ewing's sarcoma suggests novel treatment strategy
...nd highly malignant cancer that most often strikes teens and young adults. In the June 1st issue of the journal Cancer Research, published by the American Association for Cancer Research, the researchers report that the oncoprotein, EWS-FLI1, teams up with a helicase protein that bends the shape of RNA, an...Compulsion to smoke after just one cigarette can lie dormant for more than three years
...moking habits, published in Tobacco Control. Young teens who smoked just one cigarette at the age of 11 wer...simply break down the social barriers that prevent teens from smoking, such as fear of displeasing adults or insecurities around how to smoke, they say....New survey reveals top summer health concerns
CHICAGO, IL, As schools break for summer, most teens look forward to staying up late, sleeping in, and ...on (PTA) reveals that one in four parents of young teens are extremely or very concerned about their young teen's health during the summer months. Notably, ...Study finds no link between marijuana use and lung cancer
...nlikely to be exposed to marijuana use during your teens and 20s--the time of peak marijuana use," Dr. Tashkin said. People who were exposed to marijuana use in their youth are just now getting to the age when cancer typically starts to develop, he added. Subjects were asked about lifetime use of marijuana...Low levels of vitamin D in teens may affect lung function
...amounts of vitamin D have lower lung function than teens who get the recommended amount of the nutrient, ac...unt for this age group. The researchers found that teens who had a low dietary intake of vitamin D (157 IU or less per day) had significantly lower lung func...Prenatal cocaine exposure not linked to bad behavior in kids
...year-olds in the current study, are in their early teens now. "There were really dire things that are being predicted," Behnke said. "It's encouraging that we're not seeing those kind of behavioral problems."...