Prior research has revealed sexual minority youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual) are more likely to carry weapons both outside of and within school. However, until now, no study has examined the degree to which bullying and harassment ...
Dec 8, 2020
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States with college teams in strong conferences, in particular the Southeastern Conference (SEC), were among the last to take up regulations on youth concussions, according to a recent study. The study, which investigated ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Canada's transgender youth are more supported in their identities nowadays, with more trans teens—50 percent compared to 45 percent five years ago—living in their felt gender full-time, finds a new survey led by UBC researchers.
Nov 17, 2020
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High blood pressure is hard to detect, which is why hypertension is considered one of the main 'silent diseases' that affect the population. With the goal of identifying its risk factors in young people, researchers from ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Very rural areas in the United States have fewer mental health services for young people, yet that's where the help is needed the most, says a study led by Janessa Graves of the Washington State University College of Nursing, ...
Nov 2, 2020
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The use of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity in adolescents, and the racial disparities in access to that treatment, were analyzed in a retrospective study published in Annals of Surgery by researchers at The University ...
Oct 28, 2020
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With the pandemic possibly having temporarily shifted some of the questions about the safety of football away from concussions, out comes a study of college football players with potentially encouraging—and potentially ...
Oct 21, 2020
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E-cigarette use among young people has fallen for the first time in Wales but declines in youth smoking have stalled, analysis from Cardiff University shows.
Oct 9, 2020
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Most parents know or suspect when their child smokes, but they are much more likely to be in the dark if the child vapes or uses other tobacco products, according to a large national study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
Oct 5, 2020
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Besides the obvious physical benefits, youth sports provide social interaction that also can strengthen mental health. But most sports require close contact and interaction among athletes. Amid the COVID-19 setting, this ...
Sep 23, 2020
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