Sexual abuse in adolescence linked to risk of becoming a teen mom
Abused or neglected teenage girls become teen mothers at nearly five times the national rate of teen motherhood.
A new Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study, published in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics,...
Gen Y home leavers going without food to survive
Young Australians who fly the family nest are going without food and borrowing money from friends to survive, a University of Melbourne study has determined.
The research, Is Leaving Home a Hardship?, found women had...
Calls for a greener menu in Australian school canteens
Menus at Australian state schools could do better according to new research, compiled by Monash University and VicHealth for online advocacy group The Parents’ Jury.
A review of 263 school menus across Australia identified 30...
Children of divorced parents more likely to start smoking
Both daughters and sons from divorced families are significantly more likely to initiate smoking in comparison to their peers from intact families, shows a new analysis of 19,000 Americans.
This University of Toronto study, published...
Mindfulness at school reduces symptoms of depression among adolescents
Secondary school students who adhered to an in-class mindfulness programme exhibited decreased symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress both immediately after and six months after the programme. Moreover, young people who followed the programme...
Single concussion may cause lasting brain damage
A single concussion may cause lasting structural damage to the brain, according to a new study.
"This is the first study that shows brain areas undergo measureable volume loss after concussion," said Yvonne W. Lui,...
Doctors halting attention boosting drugs for healthy kids
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s largest professional association of neurologists, is releasing a position paper on how the practice of prescribing drugs to boost cognitive function, or memory and thinking abilities,...
Depression in kids linked to cardiac risks in teens
Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if they no longer suffer from depression.
Teens who were depressed as...
Soft drinks present in the home drive up consumption in school children
Primary and secondary school students are five times as likely to be high consumers of sugar-sweetened drinks, such as soft drinks, if these drinks are available in their homes, according to a University of...
Cancer doesn’t change young girl’s desire to have children
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have found that healthy adolescent females have predetermined expectations for becoming parents in the future, but have concerns about fertility and childbearing should they develop a life-threatening...
