A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women ...
Apr 27, 2012
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Young girls can dance their way to better mental health. Symptoms like depression, stress, fatigue, and headaches are alleviated with regular dancing. This is shown in a study run by Anna Duberg, a physical therapist at Örebro ...
Nov 20, 2012
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Like the chicken pox or fifth disease, a bout of "Bieber Fever" is a childhood passage for many young girls. Moreover, it's a way to explore their sense of identity, according to a Kansas State University family studies researcher.
Jan 24, 2013
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Young girls are just as likely to be living with language difficulties despite more boys being referred for support services, according to a new Curtin University-led study that seeks to shatter the "referral bias" and help ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Heroin is the main drug taken by injection in Kenya. Mostly found and used in Kenya's big cities—Mombasa and Nairobi—it's hard to know just how widespread heroin use is. But estimates range between 18 000 and 33 000 people.
Oct 15, 2019
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"We already know that immaturity is an explanation for young people's delinquency, but now we can show that immaturity also is an important factor in deciding whether young people become victims of violence or not," says ...
Jan 17, 2022
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The United States Supreme Court ended the constitution right to obtain an abortion on Friday, a 6–3 ruling that overturned federal abortion protections established in 1973's landmark case Roe v. Wade. The decision, foreshadowed ...
Jun 27, 2022
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While it has long been known that maltreatment can affect a child's psychological development, new Penn State research indicates that the stress of abuse can impact the physical growth and maturation of adolescents as well.
Mar 17, 2017
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The high rate of adolescent motherhood across developing countries isn't shifting, with reductions either modest or absent in some regions and rising in others, according to University of Queensland-led research.
Nov 25, 2020
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Pregnant teens in the U.S. have long been known to face increased health risks and pregnancy complications, but a new study for the first time finds that girls ages 13 or younger who get pregnant face even greater risks. ...
Nov 1, 2022
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