http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay News) —The link between poor academic performance and substance abuse just got stronger, with a new U.S. government report showing ties between the two. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-drug-alcohol-abuse-high-school.html Health Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:00:01 EST news280553273 (HealthDay)—Underage drinking in the United States remains a serious public health issue, a new federal government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-states.html Health Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:00:01 EST news273172799 Factors such as low hemoglobin levels, increased systolic blood pressure, and male gender are linked to a higher risk of silent cerebral infarcts (SCIs), or silent strokes, in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), according to results from a large, first-of-its-kind study published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-silent-factors-children-sickle-cell.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:40:40 EST news240763232 High schools in Virginia where students reported a high rate of bullying had significantly lower scores on standardized tests that students must pass to graduate, according to research presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-bullying-contribute-scores.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:39:35 EST news231943155 Obese teenage girls are more than twice as likely as other girls to develop high-level nicotine addiction as young adults, according to a new study. Nearly 20 percent of American adolescents currently are obese, the authors note. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-obese-girls-addicted.html Health Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:41:15 EST news227886054