Liverpool launches 20 million project to develop medicines for children
... to 18 who have been recruited through schools and youth organisations in Liverpool. The group, which has named itself Stand Up, Speak Up!, will develop an understanding of the project and learn about the role of medicines in the promotion of good health. They will work with project leaders on publici...RAND study finds adolescent Asian immigrants improve their good health habits over time
...lic Health. "The improvement we saw among Asian youth suggests public health messages are reaching this ... a less healthy diet and how we can better support youth in adopting healthful behaviors," said Dr. Mark Schuster, director of the UCLA/RAND Center for Adole...U of M study shows promoting self-weighing in teens is not helpful to weight management
... the eating habits of adolescents, to determine if youth are meeting national dietary recommendations, and to explore dieting and physical activity patterns among youth. The project strives to build a greater understanding of the socioeconomic, personal, and behavioral factors associated with diet and weig...Increasing numbers of California teens abuse over-the-counter cold medicine
...5 cases per 1,000 calls in 2004). Calls involving youth aged 9 to 17 comprised 74.5 percent of those calls... per 1,000 calls, with the highest frequency among youth age 15 and 16. "The younger adolescent age distribution is further underscored by the observation t...Survey of Marine Corps military recruits reveals risk factors for alcohol disorders in young adults
... reducing smoking will reduce risky drinking among youth is an important but unexplored question."...Boston Celtics fund first teen vaccination delivery program in the country
..., RI Reflecting a long-standing commitment to the youth in New England, The Miriam Hospital and Boston Cel...o learn what structures are effective for engaging youth in an extended vaccination program, creating a model that will eventually allow for delivery of an H...Most US adults in favor of more balanced approach to sex education in schools
...at a cost of $6.5 billion annually. One-fourth of youth have had sex by age 15, 37.5 by age 16 and 46.9 percent by age 17. "These data underscore the relevance of timely and informative sex education in middle and high schools as an important component to the public health goal of promoting safe behavior...Adolescent brains are insensitive to alcohol for a short time, but at great cost
...uring adolescence may initially serve to safeguard youth from certain effects of alcohol such as intoxication and hangover, it will also likely make them more vulnerable to the longer-term effects of alcohol. A first-of-its-kind study uses rodents to examine development of acute tolerance to alcohol-induc...One-third of US youth not physically fit
...etween the 1950s and the 1980s, regular surveys of youth physical fitness were conducted in the United Stat...t average physical fitness has also declined among youth in the same time period, since the last national survey. Russell R. Pate, Ph.D., Arnold School of ...Short episodes of manic symptoms may indicate bipolar disorder in some youth
... episodes did not last long enough. However, these youth with "subthreshold" mania were similar in most way...to consider the possibility of bipolar disorder in youth who present with mania that does not reach the duration criteria for adult bipolar disorder." The...Study finds 1 in 523 children and adolescents have diabetes
... the largest surveillance effort of diabetes among youth under the age of 20 ever conducted in the United S... It is the first look at the burden of diabetes in youth of all major racial and ethnic groups. In a report in the October issue of Pediatrics, study investi...'Living While Black' index measures variety of stress factors for African Americans
... community-level programs aimed at keeping at-risk youth away from criminal activities. In addition, adequate levels of alcoholism and mental health counseling services will be necessary. Our research makes it clear that the comprehensive 'Living While Black' stress factors pose a substantial public health...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to be inducted into RAAA Hall of Fame
... Responsibility and Resiliency), a community-based youth development program and co-founder and director of...fosters development of responsibility among Camden youth through year round recreational activity, community service, academic enrichment and the opportunity...Violence in the home leads to higher rates of childhood bullying
... the Intergenerational Projects, which are tracing youth development and social and antisocial behavior. Participants in these long-term studies were recruited from Seattle elementary schools, and 808 students (generation 2), their parents (generation 1) and their children (generation 3) have been followed...Televised movie trailers expose youth to images of tobacco use
..., these trailers were seen 270 million times among youth age 12 to 17 years--or about 111 times per youth, on average. The authors suggest that public health officials call on the movie industry to eliminate depictions of tobacco use in movie trailers, as well as pressure television networks to refuse to...New study seeks to lower diabetes risk in youth
...s dual epidemic, which threatens the health of our youth and the vitality of our health care system," said ...with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more. Among youth 2 to 19 years old, 17 percent are overweight (i.e., have a BMI at the 95th percentile or more for th...Survey shows many teens injured on the job
... clearly indicate that work-related injuries among youth are a significant health problem," report Kristina...juries are the fourth-leading cause of death among youth ages 10-19." The new survey showed that the jobs most likely to lead to injury were in lumber mills...Schools should take the lead in increasing kids' activity
...hools lead the way to ensure that all children and youth participate in adequate physical activity during t...f the American Heart Association. "Children and youth spend a substantial number of their waking hours in school, so it's important that schools provide a...Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State get grant to study link between antidepressants and suicidality in teens
...n and adolescents. None of the approximately 4,600 youth who participated in those studies committed suicide, and the number of suicide attempts was too low to be statistically significant. That prompted the FDA to broaden its primary outcome to include suicidality, even though there is no evidence of a li...No butts about it: Unique UH database shows Texas is crushing out smoking
... addressing the needs and concerns of children and youth and how their families, schools, communities, health-care providers and public policies can support those needs. She is currently actively working on the Texas Tobacco Prevention Initiative to track and monitor changes in schools, communities and ma...