Addiction
Forever 16: America's teens succumbing to deadly fentanyl
Makayla Cox, a high school student in the US state of Virginia, thought she was taking medication that her friend had procured to treat pain and anxiety.
Aug 10, 2022
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News tagged with american adolescents
Immunology
Asthma undiagnosed in one in five urban adolescents
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of undiagnosed asthma is 20.2 percent among urban adolescents, according to a study published online Jan. 15 in the Journal of Urban Health.
Jan 17, 2019
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Medications
Drug overdoses in young people on the rise
In American adolescents and young adults, death rates from drug poisoning, particularly from opioids, have sharply increased over the last 10 years, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Apr 25, 2019
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Health
Obesity linked with teen exposure to violence
Teens consumed more unhealthy foods and beverages on days they were exposed to violence, and suffered from fatigue due to poor sleep the next day, according to a new study by Duke researchers. Those behaviors, especially ...
Jul 31, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
A teen girl's diet could impact her odds for menstrual pain
While working on a senior research project as part of her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, Serah Sannoh decided to analyze peer-reviewed studies on diet and menstrual period pain, partly because of her own struggles ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
From teens' sleeping brains, the sound of growing maturity
Listening in on the electrical currents of teenagers' brains during sleep, scientists have begun to hear the sound of growing maturity. It happens most intensively between the ages of 12 and 16 1/2: After years of frenzied ...
Mar 22, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Substance use, aggression linked in new study focused on Latino youth
(Medical Xpress)—Are high school age students who show aggression toward their peers more likely to consume alcohol, tobacco and marijuana? A new study of Latino adolescents in Kansas City, Mo., confirms this idea. But ...
May 14, 2013
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Health
Teen eating disorders increase suicide risk
Is binge eating a tell-tale sign of suicidal thoughts? According to a new study of African American girls, by Dr. Rashelle Musci and colleagues from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University in the US, ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD, alcohol use disorder common in adolescents exposed to natural disasters
Adolescents who were highly exposed to natural and environmental disasters show higher levels of alcohol misuse and emotional trauma than their peers, according to new research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American ...
May 22, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The harms of harsh discipline are softened by a loving mother
The use of harsh discipline of unwanted behaviour in children has long been controversial. Whether verbal (insults, disparaging remarks, threats) or physical (slapping/spanking), harsh discipline at all stages of childhood ...
Apr 18, 2013
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