Awareness, analysis of tobacco advertising may go long way (baby) to prevent teen smoking
...e of the first quantitative evidence that training teens about the messages and motivations behind various types of media has the potential to reduce teen smoking. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine developed a scale to measure smoking media literacy (SML), or the ability to a...The science of lost sleep in teens
...nt from those of children or adults. Nevertheless, teens must adhere to increasingly earlier school start t...ol start time changes due, in part, to research on teens and sleep. In a study published in the November 2005 issue of the journal Sleep, Carskadon found tha...Teens' herbal product use associated with illicit substance use
...es more likely to have used anabolic steroids than teens who have never used herbal products, according to ...ed for parents and health care providers to ask if teens are using herbal remedies and from there probe deeper for possible drug use," said study author, Sus...Effects of preterm birth and early environmental risks continue into adolescence
...create images of the brains of 10 teenagers as the teens performed attention tasks. The goal was to learn if adolescents with many medical risks at birth and different amounts of environmental risk used the same or different parts of the brain when performing such tasks. Based on earlier studies, the rese...Reducing teens' intake of sugary drinks
...ed 13 to 18 through a Boston area high school. The teens were offered a $100 mall gift certificate if they stuck with the six-month study, and all did. Half the teens, picked at random, received weekly deliveries of noncaloric beverages of their own choosing bottled waters and artificially-sweetened dri...New anti-drug program shows 'phenomenal' success by focusing on positives
...pendent and in control," she said. "It's something teens will listen to because it isn't preachy." A very s...r Own Influence" campaign, only about half as many teens reported taking up use of alcohol or marijuana, compared to teens in communities with no program, du...Animal models show that anabolic steroids flip the adolescent brain's switch for aggression
Anabolic steroids not only make teens more aggressive, but may keep them that way into young adulthood. The effect ultimately wears off but there may be other, lasting consequences for the developing brain. These findings, published in February's Behavioral Neuroscience, also showed th...Brenner Children's Hospital researcher says PSA campaign about risky sexual behaviors a success
...n the United States for the rate of pregnancies in teens ages 15 to 19. In 2000, 95 of every 1,000 teenage girls ages 15 to 19 gave birth in North Carolina. Although there were decreases in the adolescent pregnancy rate through 2003, there was a 2.4 percent increase in the rate in 2004. "A good deal of pro...Preemies defy odds and overcome difficulties by adulthood: Study
...th-weight children were assessed at ages eight, as teens and at young adulthood of 22 to 25 years old. The proportion of participants who graduated from high school was similar (82 percent of low birth weight infants compared to 87 percent of those with normal birth weight). Overall, no statistically sign...Physician counseling, at-home follow-up may improve teen health behaviors
...uter assessment, mailings and phone calls may help teens improve some aspects of their diets and physical a... article. In the past 30 years, the percentage of teens aged 12 to 19 years who are obese has increased from 6 percent to more than 16 percent in 2002. The...Headache, sleep problems connected in children
...ich may be partly due to a higher stress level for teens than for younger children. He also notes that a ty...about 9.5 hours of sleep per night, more than most teens get. Family history of headache, time of year and stress level also appear to impact headache risk, ...Statement on NIH research on obesity and type 2 diabetes
...armingly, approximately 16 percent of children and teens ages six to 19 are also overweight. Overweight and obesity increase the risk of developing numerous serious health problems, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased with the national increase in ov...Teens unaware of sexually transmitted diseases until they catch one, Carnegie Mellon study finds
...s. On average, with the exception of HIV/AIDS, the teens did not know many basic facts about STDs. While it is important for teens to learn about HIV/AIDS, they are far more likely to contract other STDs, according to Downs. "Our s...Suicide risk does not increase when adults start using antidepressants, study finds
...pressant treatment was 314 attempts per 100,000 in teens and 78 attempts per 100,000 in adults. As with adults, the rate was highest in the month before treatment and declined by about 60 percent after treatment began. Given recent public concern over a possible link between suicide and antidepressants, ...Bipolar disorder more common than expected in hospitalized adolescents
...t bipolar disorder is more common than expected in teens in a psychiatric inpatient setting. "In the past,...th professionals thought that about one percent of teens was bipolar our research indicates that if a strict definition of the illness is applied, up to twe...Research suggests making exercise more fun might boost fitness levels of US adolescents
... By now, most Americans probably realize that U.S. teens exercise too little. The natural result is a growi...w, a new small-scale study suggests what motivates teens to get moving. The research, led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate student, ...Research review finds tobacco scenes in movies boost teen smoking
...est number. The study found that adolescents and teens who received less exposure to on-screen smoking because their parents consistently limited their viewing of R-rated films were less likely to start smoking (after adjusting for all other influences) than those who saw more. "This result indicates t...NIDA unveils campaign to send teens the message
...ssage about the link between drug abuse and HIV to teens and young adults. In addition to public service announcements distributed to television stations across the country, NIDA has launched a website, www.hiv.drugabuse.gov that provides the latest scientific findings on the relationship between drug abus...Young children getting fewer hours of sleep
...e it has been widely reported that older children, teens and adults aren't getting enough sleep, it turns o... "I think based on what we know in older children, teens and adults, it's fair to speculate that insufficient sleep in children would be related to difficult...SLU research on teen moms refutes conventional wisdom: Early motherhood may not ruin their lives
... adverse childhood experiences, mothering for some teens provides a corrective or turning-point experience,...health or social policies make it even tougher for teens to succeed as mothers, SmithBatte says. "Clinicians can play a key role in mentoring and nurturing y...