Skin Health Information for Teens: Health Tips about Dermatological Concerns and Skin Cancer Risks : Including Facts about Acne, Warts, Allergies, and ... and Lifestyle Cho (Teen Health Series)
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A new report suggests one in four teen girls have at some point been infected with an STD. U.S. (WiredPRNews.com) A new government report reveals a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases among teen girls in the U.S. As reported by HealthDay News, the report states that one in four have had an STD, with a number of infections occurring after a first sexual encounter. Dr. Sami L. Gottlieb, with...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Over the complaints of more than 100 parents, Ames, Iowa is backing a librarian's decision that a sex advice magazine written by and for teenagers remain on the shelves . The above image is a screen shot from magazine's website . A teen sex magazine will stay on the shelves at the Ames Public Library despite a petition signed by more than 100 parents objecting to the publication. The Ames Library Board...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
In a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, scientists found roughly one in four girls ages 14 to 19 had one of five common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and many were infected soon after their first sexual experience. The study, "Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Adolescents Aged 14 to 19 in the U.S.
The New Security Beat (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Center for Global Development ’s latest report, Start With A Girl: A New Agenda For Global Health , sheds light on the risks of ignoring the health of adolescent girls. Like other reports in the Girls Count series , it links broad social outcomes with adolescent health. “Adolescence is a critical juncture for girls. What happens to a girl’s health during adolescence determines...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics.A professor in Queen's School of Policy Studies and Department of Economics, Dr. Lehrer shares the RAND Corporation's Victor R. Fuchs Research Award with Jason Fletcher of Yale University. Their prize-winning paper, recently published in the journal Forum for...
The Neurocritic (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
You've heard of Neuromarketing , which measures the neural activity of consumers (via fMRI or EEG) in response to various products or advertisements. Now, get ready for Genomarketing! The Neuroethics & Law Blog has alerted us to a recent paper by De Neve and Fowler (2009) reporting that people with a specific low efficiency variant of the gene for monoamine oxidase A are significantly more likely...
Food &Health Skeptic (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Being overweight blamed on food, as usual The fact that obsessive "safety" rules now ban many traditional childhood activities and thus reduce exercise is rarely mentioned. And politically correct bans on anybody "winning" are very bad for sport. So it is in fact government meddling that has created much of the problem and abolishing the meddling would be the surest path to solving...
ProLifeBlogs (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
WI RTL/Tuesday, November 3, 2009 -- Today, the WI State Assembly will vote on Assembly Bill 458 . The following is the text of the memo sent to Assembly Representatives by Susan Armacost , Wisconsin Right to Life Legislative Director in opposition to the measure. TO: Assembly Representatives FROM: Susan Armacost, Legislative Director, Wisconsin Right to Life RE: Wisconsin Right to Life urges you to...
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Alanis Morissette’s weight loss is featured in People Magazine this week. The 35 year-old Canadian singer lost over 20 pounds through a primarily plant and fruit-based vegan diet and just completed her first marathon. She speaks candidly about her eating disorder as a teen and how she finally broke the yo-yo cycle. Alanis credits a [...]
Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
"If the president's [budget] proposal is enacted similar to what he recommended, it will have a chilling effect on abstinence education across the country...We're in a race against time to keep these people in business" So says Leslie Unruh , rightwing nutjob extraordinaire (and a driving force behind this ). I'm not sure why anyone in the Coalition of the Sane should care, in light of these...
FitSugar (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Parents model behavior for their children, whether consciously or not. A recent survey conducted by British teen mag Sugar (no relation to the PopSugar Network) found that a dieting mother can have unfortunate consequences for daughters. Out of the 512 girls surveyed, ages 12 to 18, six percent had an eating disorder; that number rose to one in 10 among girls with mothers who dieted. Girls learn how...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Girls whose mothers are on a diet are almost twice as likely to have an eating disorder, a poll of 500 teenagers has found.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Alcohol and drug use are known contributors to adolescents engaging in dangerous sexual activity; leading to substantial health risks such as unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses, drug overdoses and alcohol poisonings. Yet, research suggests that fewer than half of pediatricians report screening patients for substance use and at-risk sexual behavior. CRAFFT, the diagnostic test developed...
Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Originally published in MedPage Today by Todd Neale, MedPage Today Staff Writer Here’s a case where texting may actually improve a teenager’s health: Text message reminders appear to be effective in getting young liver transplant patients to take their immunosuppressive medications, a small study showed. In 41 patients with a median age of 15, there was a [...] Posted at KevinMD.com . Stay...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Contrary to concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine might promote promiscuity, a national survey of girls and young women found that the majority of respondents did not believe the HPV vaccine protected them against other sexually transmitted infections.The study, conducted by University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Chicago researchers, appears online and in the November issue of...
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krishpatel1212@gmail | 09/18/2009
Teenage Diet Plan to Achieve Lasting Weight Loss | Teenage Diet Tips Any teenage diet plan can be fraught with danger, especially if the teen has a medical reason "not" to diet. The media has been able to shed light on dieting dangers, mainly due to Hollywood actors and actresses suffering from dieting tragedies. Anorexia and bulimia can affect both men and women and they often hit young adults the
atn | 09/25/2008
Why do you guys keep promoting wine as beneficial to one's health? It's always something other than the alcohol that helps...I can only deduce that you are wine industry shills...thanks alot! We have enough drunk arseholes in America and we have this terrible teen drinking epidemic...you're sending the wrong message... WHO do you work for? I am preparing a news release and I'll drag your arses all...
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Maggie Fox is a Socialist Propagandist
Beware what you read from this woman. Drivel, biased opinions, unsubstantiated crap.
I hope she flies to Europe to get a squalene laced flu virus...
NotaHo
Yep. Maybe Maggie Fox would like to show us how they arrived at this headline: "AIDS vaccine protects third of trial volunteers"?
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58N1AX20090924
Journo
Not only do they shill for the alcohol industry, they shill for global pharmaceuticals ('Big Pharma'). Reuters reporters like Fox promote every 'latest...
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