Study finds increased DNA mutations in children of teenage fathers
A genetic study of over 24,000 parents and their children has shown that the children of teenage fathers have unexpectedly high levels of DNA mutations.
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A genetic study of over 24,000 parents and their children has shown that the children of teenage fathers have unexpectedly high levels of DNA mutations.
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The health care needs of pregnant adolescents will continue to be ignored in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) unless there are major changes to health care delivery and frameworks, according to a new study by UCL and ...
Oct 13, 2023
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General practices have recorded a large rise in eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm episodes among teenage girls in the UK in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, a research team has found.
Jun 20, 2023
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Bipolar disorder underlies roughly five percent of all suicides among young people. Previous studies also show that there is often a long delay between the onset of bipolarism and its correct diagnosis and treatment. Researchers ...
May 24, 2023
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The death of a parent can affect the health and well-being of children and adolescents, including higher risk of depression. A study published in PLOS ONE by Dröfn Birgisdóttir at Lund University, Lund, Sweden, and colleagues ...
Apr 12, 2023
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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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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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The prevalence of serious mental health problems among 17-year-olds could drop by as much as 16.8% for girls and 8.4% for boys if they were not subjected to sexual violence, such as sexual assault and harassment, according ...
Oct 4, 2022
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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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Traumatic brain injury may lead to reduced brain size in some children and teenagers, which can be linked to cognitive problems, a new study shows.
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Adolescence (lat adolescere, (to) grow) is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological (i.e. pubertal), social, and psychological changes, though the biological or physiological ones are the easiest to measure objectively. Historically, puberty has been heavily associated with teenagers and the onset of adolescent development. In recent years, however, the start of puberty has had somewhat of an increase in preadolescence (particularly females), as well as an occasional extension beyond the teenage years (typically males). This has made adolescence less simple to discern.
The end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood varies by country and by function, as even within a single country there will be different ages at which an individual is considered mature enough to be entrusted with particular tasks, such as driving a vehicle, having sexual relations, serving in the armed forces, voting, or marrying. Also, adolescence is usually accompanied by an increased independence allowed by the parents or legal guardians and less supervision, contrary to the preadolescence stage.
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