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11/9/15 - Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent obesity ...

11/9/15 Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent obesity ...

Medical Xpress

Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have depression, according to researchers at The University of Texas ...

10/19/15 - Depressive Symptoms Undertreated in Youth With Diabetes

10/19/15 Depressive Symptoms Undertreated in Youth With Diabetes

Medscape

Children and adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes experience different rates of depression, but few receive help or treatment regardless of the type of ...

9/3/15 - Study: High school athletes use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate ...

9/3/15 Study: High school athletes use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate ...

News-Medical.net

High school athletes who play on sports teams smoke tobacco products at a lower rate than non-athletes, but use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate, according ...

8/18/15 - Study Finds Ninth-Graders Who Used E-Cigarettes More Likely to ...

8/18/15 Study Finds Ninth-Graders Who Used E-Cigarettes More Likely to ...

Wall Street Journal-4 hours ago

The research is some of the first to address fear among healthofficials that ... if required to cover multimillion-dollar costs of submitting products for FDA approval.

8/11/15 - Teens With Depression, Bipolar Disorder Should Be Screened For ...

8/11/15 Teens With Depression, Bipolar Disorder Should Be Screened For ...

Forbes

There's a lot of existing evidence to suggest that in older adults heart disease and depression are interlinked, but less evidence about how, if at all, depression .

8/7/15 - School start times are too early and it's harmful to kids, CDC warns

8/7/15 School start times are too early and it's harmful to kids, CDC warns

Today.com

"Getting enough sleep is important for students' health, safety, and academic ... The longer the window of time that buses are on the road, the more it costs to pay ...

6/8/15 - Drexel debuts a kiosk for mental health

6/8/15 Drexel debuts a kiosk for mental health

Philly.com

Anna Gibbons, a sophomore, demonstrates the mental-health kiosk at ... (A second will go online at the health clinic later.) ... Each kiosk costs about $5,000.

4/29/15 - Study of 1200 students finds obesity link with bullying

4/29/15 Study of 1200 students finds obesity link with bullying

Medical News Today

Feeling less safe in the neighborhood has been linked to youths' lower physical activity and greater obesity, say study authors reviewing previous findings - but ...

4/23/15 Eating Disorders Prevalent in Girls, Young Women With Type 1 ...

4/23/15 Eating Disorders Prevalent in Girls, Young Women With Type 1 ...

Endocrinology Advisor

For girls and young women with type 1 diabetes, eating disorders are common and persistent, according to a study published in Diabetes ...

3/11/15 - Gender and race influences when teens start drinking, smoking and ...

3/11/15 Gender and race influences when teens start drinking, smoking and ...

Medical Xpress

Cigarette use among white teenagers is substantially higher than among black and Hispanic teenagers, especially at 18 years old, according to Penn State ...

2/27/15 - Energetic adaptations persist in adolescents with extreme obesity ...

2/27/15 Energetic adaptations persist in adolescents with extreme obesity ...

Healio

Adolescents with extreme obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass experienced energetic adaptations that favor weight regain, along with changes in ...

12/9/14 - Hookah Leads To Smoking Cigarettes In Teens: Why FDA Needs To ...

12/9/14 Hookah Leads To Smoking Cigarettes In Teens: Why FDA Needs To ...

Medical Daily

Although the tobacco used in hookah is milder, it still contains harmful chemicals. And with each smoke session lasting about an hour, smokers inhale more ...

12/9/14 - Study links ADHD, conduct disorder with alcohol and tobacco use in ...

12/9/14 Study links ADHD, conduct disorder with alcohol and tobacco use in ...

Science Codex

A new study links ADHD and conduct disorder in young adolescents with increased alcohol and tobacco use. The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center ...

10/14/14 - Panel probes disparity in Mass. behavioral health spending

10/14/14 Panel probes disparity in Mass. behavioral health spending

Nashoba Publishing

STATE HOUSE -- Public health insurance under the state Medicaid program in Massachusetts spends more per person on behavioral health care than ...

8/4/14 - School-based screening for eating disorders could improve ...

8/4/14 School-based screening for eating disorders could improve ...

HealthCanal.com

 

“Many cases of eating disorders go undetected for years. ... RD, senior study author fromBoston Children's Division of Adolescent Medicine.

7/23/14 - How Unhealthy Is Hookah?

7/23/14 How Unhealthy Is Hookah?

U.S. News & World Report

Perhaps that's why, as cigarette use declines among young people, hookah smoking is gaining popularity. One in 5​ high school seniors in the United States ...

7/7/14 - Smoking Rates Among Youth are Declining, But What About Hookah?

7/7/14 Smoking Rates Among Youth are Declining, But What About Hookah?

Science World Report

Studies show that cigarette use is declining among younger populations. However, many have turned to smoking hookah, instead. A recent report from the ...

Kids with Autism Often have Parents with Similar Traits

6/27/14 Kids with Autism Often have Parents with Similar Traits

Furturity

Parents of children with autism are more likely to have autistic traits themselves, according to new research.

Advocates Worry Conn. Decision Could Undermine Autism Coverage

6/24/14 Advocates Worry Conn. Decision Could Undermine Autism Coverage

Kaiser Health News

Today, many families with autistic children count on their insurance coverage to help pay for the often expensive, long-term treatment their kids need. But advocates and public policy experts say a recent bulletin issued by the Connecticut Insurance Department may undermine existing coverage protections and they're concerned that other states might follow suit. 

5/27/14 - Seeing E-Cigarette Use May Increase The Urge To Smoke Among ...

5/27/14 Seeing E-Cigarette Use May Increase The Urge To Smoke Among ...

University Herald

 

Seeing people use electronic cigarettes may increase the urge to smoke among young tobacco users, according to a recent study. Seeing ...