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Three-quarters of U.S. teens say they don't drink
(HealthDay)—About three-quarters of American high school students say they don't drink alcohol, a new survey finds.
Oct 23, 2013
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NIH produces online course for teen alcohol screening
(HealthDay)—A new online training course has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), together with Medscape, to assist health care professionals conduct alcohol screening for adolescents, ...
Aug 15, 2013
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Drunk driving not the only way alcohol leads to teen deaths, study says
(HealthDay)—Less than one-third of the 4,700 annual underage drinking-related deaths in the United States result from road crashes, according to a new study.
Apr 17, 2013
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Smtg to think abt: Texting could help reduce teen drinking
Fourteen-year-old Sophia, an eighth-grader in Miami-Dade County, sends her first text at 7:30 a.m. On school nights, her phone is turned off at 10:30 p.m. But in those 15 hours in between, she sends or receives 152 texts ...
Feb 25, 2013
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1 in 4 in U.S. starts drinking before turning 21, report states
(HealthDay)—Underage drinking in the United States remains a serious public health issue, a new federal government report shows.
Nov 26, 2012
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Online alcohol threat to Britain's youth revealed
(Medical Xpress) -- A new report published last week, by independent auditors of underage sales Serve Legal and Plymouth University, warns that online alcohol sales and purchasing by friends and family are creating a significant ...
Jun 18, 2012
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Pediatrics
TV alcohol advertising may play role in underage drinking
Minors who were familiar with television alcohol advertisements were more likely to have tried alcoholic beverages and binge drink than those who could not recall seeing such ads, according to a study presented at the Pediatric ...
Apr 29, 2012
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