Psychology & Psychiatry
Teenage brains are drawn to popular social media challenges—here's how parents can get their kids to think twice
Viral social media trends started innocently enough.
May 19, 2023
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Cardiology
High blood pressure is the most deadly risk factor for women worldwide
All women should know their blood pressure to prevent heart disease and stroke, urged cardiologists from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on World Hypertension Day.
May 17, 2023
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Health
Insufficient good quality sleep during teenage years may heighten subsequent MS risk, suggests study
Insufficient and disturbed sleep during the teenage years may heighten the subsequent risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggests a case-control study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Jan 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do the negative ways that others treat us contribute to later self-harm?
Engaging in self-harming behaviors without the intention to die, or non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), increases dramatically in the transition from childhood to adolescence and continues to grow throughout the teenage years. ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Pediatrics
Q and A: Teen stretch marks
My 14-year-old son grew almost 4 inches in the last year. I noticed that he has a few pink and purple streaks on his legs and back. They look a bit like stretch marks, but I thought that happens only during pregnancy. Are ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How parents can play a key role in the prevention and treatment of teen mental health problems
More than 44% of teens reported persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness in the first half of 2021, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The early 2022 report, which was based ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic stress physically aged teens' brains, study finds
A new study from Stanford University suggests that pandemic-related stressors have physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parenting practices in teen years set the stage for closeness, warmth later on
High-quality parenting practices in adolescence lay the foundation for close parent-child relationships when the children become young adults, according to new research from Penn State.
Oct 5, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists studying fatal muscle wasting disease make significant discovery
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a genetic mutation and affects one in every 5,000 boys born. Because the affected gene is on the X chromosome, girls are carriers of the mutant gene but develop the disease only ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Health
Prenatal opioid exposure may trigger neurological, behavioral changes later in life
While infants exposed to opioids during their mother's pregnancy have been linked to adverse health outcomes, a new study at the University of Missouri has found prenatal opioid exposure could trigger long-term neurological ...
Jul 29, 2022
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