Community Health Digest

11/06/09 Physical Education Key to Improving Health in Low-Income Adolescents

11/06/09 Physical Education Key To Improving Health In Low-income Adolescents

Science Daily (press release)

... a statewide program that aims to fight childhood obesity and to develop policy changes that will reduce risk factors for diabetes and obesity. ...

11/04/09 Internet Proves Important to Teens with Chronic Conditions

11/04/09 Internet Proves Important to Teens With Chronic Conditions

Health Behavior News Service - Glenda Fauntleroy

In the study, 731 adolescents between 16 and 20 reported having a chronic condition, which the study defined as a disease lasting more than six months and ...

11/04/09 Lap Band Surgery Effective for Morbidly Obese Children, Study Finds

11/04/09 Lap Band Surgery Effective For Morbidly Obese Children, Study Finds

Science Daily (press release)

... the co-director of the Obesity Institute at Children's National Medical Center, which is comprehensively addressing the epidemic of childhood obesity. ...

11/3/09 Identifying Mental Illness Early Through Routine Mental Health Screening

11/3/09 Identifying Mental Illness Early Through Routine Mental Health Screening

Medscape - John H. Genrich, Leslie C. McGuire

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Data and statistics. YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. ...

10/29/09 Linkage Between Teen Girls' Weight and Sexual Behavior

10/29/09 Linkage Between Teen Girls' Weight and Sexual Behavior

HealthNewsDigest.com

Other authors contributing to this study include Cheryl Lynch, MD, MPH, Center for Health Disparities Research, Medical University of South Carolina; ...

10/28/09 Trial to Test Whether Behavioral Therapy Can Reduce Anxiety in Young...

10/28/09 Trial to test whether behavioral therapy can reduce anxiety in young ...

EurekAlert (press release)

The University of South Florida is one three sites for the $1-million study, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) ...

10/27/09 Puberty a Gateway to Heart Disease for Canada's Teens

10/27/09 Puberty A Gateway To Heart Disease For Canada's Teens

Science Daily (press release)

... with school boards and public health officials in a grade 9 physical education curriculum enrichment program designed to prevent chronic disease. ...

10/22/09 LearntobeHealthy.org Adds Mental Health Curriculum for Teens

10/22/09 LearntobeHealthy.org Adds Mental Health Curriculum for Teens

Reuters

The LearntobeHealthy.org website is made possible through funding provided by Highmark Healthy High 5, a children's health promotion initiative of the ...

10/22/09 Amphetamine Use in Adolescence May Impair Adult Working Memory

10/22/09 Amphetamine Use In Adolescence May Impair Adult Working Memory

Science Daily (press release)

This research was supported in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.

10/13/09 - Phone Counseling Can Help Teens With Smoking Cessation

10/13/09 Phone Counseling Can Help Teens With Smoking Cessation

eMaxHealth - Tyler Woods 

If people can stay away from tobacco in their teens, says the American Cancer Society, most would never start using it later in life. ...

10/8/09 - As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret

10/8/09 As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret

U.S. News & World Report - Kathleen Doheny 

... worry more about their kids damaging their hearing than they do about other health-related issues, including ear infections, sleep problems and asthma, ...

10/7/09 - 'Lightning Strikes' When Young Girls Get Breast Cancer

10/7/09 'Lightning Strikes' When Young Girls Get Breast Cancer

ABC News - Radha Chitale 

It started with a casual mention to her mother that she felt a quarter-sized lump in her right breast. Doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer. ...

10/7/09 Combining Health, Contraceptive Education Reduces Teen Pregnancies..

10/7/09 Combining Health, Contraceptive Education Reduces Teen Pregnancies - ...

Health Behavior News Service - Glenda Fauntleroy

... that comprehensive sexuality education is not related to greater promiscuity, but rather delayed initiation, lower STI rates and reduced teen pregnancy. ...

10/1/09 Disparities in Adequate Mental Health Care for Past-Year Major...

10/1/09 Disparities in Adequate Mental Health Care for Past-Year Major ...

Psychiatric Services (subscription)

Having Medicaid or coverage via the State Children's Health Insurance Program significantly increased the odds of receiving adequate mental care for ...

10/1/09 Study: Surgery Might Not Help Obese Teens

Study: Surgery might not help obese teens

Asbury Park Press

Childhood obesity is a longstanding health issue in the US, and researchers have found that excess pounds lead to children having high cholesterol, ...

9/30/09 Few Americans Eat Enough Fruits, Vegetables

9/30/09 Few Americans Eat Enough Fruits, Vegetables

RedOrbit

The CDC says that fruits and vegetables are vital for optimal child growth, weight management and chronic disease prevention. The report determined fruit ...

9/25/09 Video Game to Help Urban Teens Avoid HIV Infection Focus of Nearly...

9/25/09 Video Game to Help Urban Teens Avoid HIV Infection Focus of Nearly ...

Media Newswire (press release)

... the aim of a five-year, $3.9 million research grant to Yale from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. ...

9/18/09 Kids Have Strokes More Often Than Thought

9/18/09 Kids Have Strokes More Often Than Thought

WebMD - Daniel J. DeNoon

Vaccinations, developmental milestones, healthy eating. Keep your little ones safe and strong. Sign up for WebMD's Parenting and Children's Health newsletter.

9/7/09 Rate of Teen Binge Drinking Cut More Than One Third by Prevention...

9/7/09 Rate Of Teen Binge Drinking Cut More Than One Third By Prevention ...

Science Daily (press release)

"What makes this system different from other prevention efforts is that it provides community coalitions with scientifically based tools with which to make ...

9/5/09 Report Suggests Unsafe Neighborhood Increases Likelihod of Overweight Anong Urban Teens

9/5/09 Report Suggests Unsafe Neighborhood Increases Likelihood of Overweight Among Urban Teens

RWJF

A study published online in the journal Public Health suggests that adolescents who live in an urban neighborhood that feels unsafe may be more likely to be overweight, Reuters reports.