Many college students come up with strategies to protect themselves from the consequences of drinking too much alcohol. But theese strategies end up with them drinking more alcohol than they planned or expected.
There are up to 10 new cases of hepatitis C per day in one area of Kentucky, but the best treatment is a series of pills that cost $1,000 or more each.
When you were 8 years old, what were your concerns? Perhaps you’ve thought about homework, friends, sports, and cartoons. A new UK research suggests that 8-year-olds these days have a far more serious problem: body image.
Some children and teens recover more slowly from concussions and other types of brain injury and it may be because they more damage to the protective coating around the nerve fibers in their brains.
The epidemic in heroin use across the country is affecting both men and women, all age groups, and people at all income levels. The greatest increases are occurring in groups that had usually had lower rates of heroin use in the past, including women and those…
In a series of very unusual events, a nosebleed, which turned out to have nothing to do with the teen’s rare disease, also revealed her parents’ cancer.
From 2011 to 2013, 44% of girls and 47% of boys between the ages of 15 and 19 said they had sexual intercourse at least once, according to the survey. This is a decline of 14% among girls and 22% for boys over the past 25 years.
More than one in five teen girls who are sexually active say they have used the morning-after emergency contraceptive pill. In 2002, only about one in twelve teen girls who were sexually active used the morning-after pill.
Perhaps high schools should start reconsidering abolishing the music program once they are threatened with a budget cut. According to a new research, music training has positive effects on the brain development of teens, giving them more tools to be successful…
Nature Valley Canada, one of the biggest makers of granola bars and nut bars, released a somber video that points out tech addition among children and teens, and it has already gone viral.
Television has become a regular fixture in any childhood. For many, seeing objects moving right in front of their eyes while they were still toddlers was just fascinating. In fact, TV is important that as long as the content is appropriate for children, they c…
