Cigarette Smoking Among Teens Reaches Record Low
According to the American Lung Association, 68 percent of adults who smoke started when they were 18 or younger. Children who start smoking are more likely to succumb to a cacophony of smoking-related...
View ArticleDepression and Smoking in Teenage Girls Linked to Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a fairly common disease that makes bones unusually weak and prone to fracturing. Generally speaking, the underlying cause for this weakening is an imbalance in the breakdown and...
View ArticleHookah Smoking Not Safer Than Cigarettes
Social activity is a component to a healthy lifestyle, but some social activities include risky behaviors. Sitting around the hookah was once seen only in movies in a scene depicting a Middle Eastern...
View ArticleOutdoor Adventure Therapy Safe Option for Troubled Teens
Parents who are raising a child with severe mental health, substance use or behavioral problems often feel that they are challenged to find a solution that will make an impact with the child. Option...
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Report Shows Decline In Teens Driving Under the Influence
One of the greatest concerns behind teen substance use is the fear that they may get behind the wheel of a car. Injury, even death, can occur when a teen drives a car while under the influence of drugs...
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Childhood Bullying Impacts an Adult’s Ability to Keep Job
We all know that bullying hurts. If you have ever been bullied, or maybe even worse, have had a child who has gone through this traumatizing experience, you know the hurt and devastation it can cause....
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Bullying Can Make Kids Physically Ill
Bullying is a terrible thing. Many brush it off as a part of childhood, as something that everyone experiences or as something that builds character. The truth, though, is that being bullied can have a...
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Gender Nonconformity Predictor for Teen, Adult Depression
Gender nonconformity is a term mental health professionals sometimes use to describe the presence of stereotypically male personal or social characteristics in a girl or woman, or the presence of...
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SAMHSA Reports on Emergency Department Visits Involving Bath Salts
Parents seeking to keep their teenage children away from drugs face a significantly different situation from the one they might have dealt with. Instead of a shady character dealing pills or joints in...
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Substance Abuse Trends Among High School Athletes
Forward-looking parents see youth sports as not only a way to get physical exercise but also as a way to smooth some of the inevitable bumps and bruises of high school. A study published in 2011 shows...
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