More than 70 percent of teenage girls who are risky drinkers report unwanted sexual attention from other drinkers—just one of a multitude of harms young people experience from 'second-hand drinking', according to new Australian ...
Dec 04, 2019
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Not enough physical activity and too much sitting and screen-time have been linked with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents in developing countries, in a University of Queensland-led study.
Nov 12, 2019
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First study to examine three mechanisms by which very frequent use of social media may harm mental health suggests efforts should be made to reduce young people's exposure to harmful content, and the impact it has on healthy ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Teenagers report higher levels of stress than adults, and cite school as the highest contributing factor, according to the American Psychological Association's annual report. A summary from 2013 concluded that while stress ...
Jul 30, 2019
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South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world. An estimated 7.2 million people are living with HIV and 4.4 million are on antiretroviral therapy. Despite the progress made, AIDS remains the leading cause of death ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Reproductive coercion, a form of relationship abuse that includes pressuring a partner to become pregnant when they don't want to be is prevalent among teenage girls seeking care at high school health centers, according to ...
Jul 12, 2019
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Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion regulation. The findings of an international study carried out by researchers ...
May 28, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Could you—or your teenage daughter—have an iron deficiency and not know it? If you're getting enough sleep, but still feel tired, running low on iron could be the problem.
May 14, 2019
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(HealthDay)—In many U.S. states, teenagers who send "sext" messages to each other can be prosecuted as child pornographers—and that should end, researchers argue.
Apr 15, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Time spent on Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook probably isn't driving teenagers to depression, a new study contends.
Feb 08, 2019
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