http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- With 85 percent of teenagers and some 40 million Americans suffering with acne, researchers from the University of California and the vaccine company Sanofi-Pasteur announced they are coming together to develop a vaccine and treatment for acne. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-vaccine-acne.html Medical research Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:20:02 EST news236259753 Are children as young as five years old so driven by consumerism and fashion that they are in danger of 'losing' their childhood? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-childhood-fashion.html Health Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:56:22 EST news235306569 Friends, the mainstream media and the internet, all potentially unreliable sources, continue to be the way America's young adults find their health information. Research has found that while they trust health professionals and health educators, they often do not turn to them for information, especially when it comes to their sexual health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-teen-contraceptive-website.html Health Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:26:44 EST news235045555 Sexually active teens in committed, romantic relationships are less likely to engage in delinquent behavior than teens who have casual sex, according to new research from psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-romantic-sexual-relationships-deter-teenage.html Health Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:16:39 EST news232877782 New research into the factors that shape the fertility decisions of teenagers has found that within families, teen births tend to be contagious. The study by the University of Bristol has identified the impact of sibling influences on teenage fertility. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-teenage-motherhood-contagious.html Health Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:35:43 EST news232079725 A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere shows that methamphetamine use can fuel HIV infection risk among teenage boys and young men who have sex with men (MSM), a group that includes openly gay and bisexual men, as well as those who have sex with men but do not identify themselves as gay or bisexual. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-meth-fuels-higher-unsafe-sex.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:00:02 EST news231496227 (Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Apgar test which is given to newborns one minute and five minutes after birth to evaluate their health is also an indicator of how they may perform in school when they are teenagers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-newborn-apgar-score-teen-school.html Health Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:33:33 EST news230895195 A new study finds that teens with a positive sense of well-being are more likely to report being healthy in young adulthood. The research suggests this is not just because teenagers who feel good about themselves are healthy in the first place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-teen-well-being-young-adult-health.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:56:31 EST news230291764 Birth control pills may reduce a woman's bone density, according to a study published online July 13 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism by Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) scientists. Impacts on bone were small, depended on the woman's age and the pill's hormone dose, and did not appear until about two years of use. The study size and design allowed the researchers to focus on 14- to 18-year-old teenagers, and to look at how bone density might change when a woman stops using the pill. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-gradual-bone-reduction-pill-users.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:10:03 EST news230288050 Training teenagers to look at social situations positively could help those with anxiety and may help prevent problems persisting into adult life, new research from Oxford University is beginning to suggest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-accentuating-positive-negative-teenagers-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:54:15 EST news229744437 Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, indicates that caffeine added to sugar-sweetened, carbonated beverages teaches adolescents to prefer those beverages. Researchers found that the amount of caffeine added to an unfamiliar beverage was correlated with how much teenagers liked that beverage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-caffeine-flavor-adolescents.html Health Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:49:56 EST news229657772 The Fourth of July is a time for celebration across the country and fireworks are a crowd favorite each year. While fireworks can be fun to watch, they also can be very dangerous. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-medical-minute-fireworks-beautiful.html Health Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:41:34 EST news228735683 Urban American Indian teenagers with alcoholic parents perceive their parents to be less restrictive about drinking and tend to face more alcohol-related problems at age 18, according to a new study by Colorado State University’s Tri-Ethnic Center. The study recently was published in the The American Journal on Addictions, a peer-reviewed journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-parental-behavior-alcohol-heavy-american.html Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:33:21 EST news228547945 Marijuana is the most prevalent illicit drug used by teenagers and adults around the world. Nearly a third of high school students in the United States report smoking it, and most high schoolers say they have access to the drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-teens-marijuana-year.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:50:09 EST news228386999 (Medical Xpress) -- Close family relationships may protect teenagers from alcohol use, according to research by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR) and the Centre for Adolescent Health in Melbourne. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-family-relationships-early-teens-alcohol.html Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:28:48 EST news226657710 Teenagers who drink alcohol spend more time on their computers for recreational use, including social networking and downloading and listening to music, compared with their peers who don't drink. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-teenage-alcohol-consumption.html Health Mon, 09 May 2011 16:26:09 EST news224177134