While pregnancy and birth rates continue to decline to historic lows for 15 to 19-year-olds, Minnesota youth are contracting sexually transmitted infections (STI) at alarmingly high rates. The 2020 Minnesota Adolescent Sexual ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Parenting a teenager can be an emotional minefield in the best of times, but the social distancing of the coronavirus pandemic could really strain young people's mental health.
Apr 6, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Teens who live around lots of obese or overweight kids come to see their body types as ideal, a new study suggests.
Mar 18, 2020
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New research from McMaster Children's Hospital shows that two out of three young mothers have at least one mental health problem.
Feb 21, 2020
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Black teens experience several forms of racial discrimination every day, which leads to increased short-term depressive symptoms, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University.
Dec 30, 2019
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For many young people, the toughest choice they will ever have to make about food is what to eat at home or what to choose from a menu.
Nov 6, 2019
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Could America's roads become safer in the future?
Oct 24, 2019
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Teen drivers diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are significantly more likely to crash, be issued traffic and moving violations, and engage in risky driving behaviors than their peers without ADHD, ...
May 20, 2019
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Children with unhealthy eating habits are at a higher risk of becoming regular alcohol drinkers at too early an age, even in their early teens, a study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition shows. The association ...
Dec 28, 2018
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More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has become almost as regular as tobacco use among adolescents and young adults.
Nov 26, 2018
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