TEEN HEALTH

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• Women On Depo-Provera, The Contraceptive Jab, Increases Women’s Risk For HIV Than Other Forms Of B…

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• Jan 11, 2015 11:12 AM EST

• Research involved the commonly used Depo-Provera birth control shot and they found out that women using this are at a higher risk to contracting HIV.

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• Circumcised Boys At Higher Risk To Develop Autism And ADHD By Age 10, Study Says

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• Jan 11, 2015 11:02 AM EST

• Boys who were circumcised at an early age are at a higher risk to developing autism and ADHD says a study.

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• Talking to Teenagers About Sex - NHS

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• Jan 11, 2015 10:22 AM EST

• NHS advises parents to talk about sex little and often.

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• Researchers have determined the structure of enterovirus D68 , which causes respiratory infections a…

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• Jan 10, 2015 06:58 PM EST

• Researchers have now determined the structure of the virus, along with the structure of enterovirus D68 when it is bound to an antiviral compound called pleconaril. These structures may help identify a class of chemical compounds that may be effective at fight…

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• A hard hit to the chest caused cardiac arrhythmia in a teen football player.

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• Jan 10, 2015 06:43 PM EST

• A hard hit to the chest that a 16-year-old received during a football practice caused his heart to go into an abnormal rhythm for three days and got him written up in a medical journal. It was the first reported case of atrial fibrillation after a hit to the …

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• Connecticut Teen Doesn’t Want Chemotherapy! Did She Win?

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• Jan 09, 2015 10:54 PM EST

• A 17-year-old girl battling with cancer has become a subject of a controversial court case in Connecticut for one reason: she didn’t want to go through chemotherapy. Did she have her way?

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• Ninety percent of teens don't get enough sleep.

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• Jan 09, 2015 06:36 PM EST

• Getting enough sleep is vital for teens. Yet only about 7% of girls and between 8 and 9% of boys say they get 9 to 10 hours of sleep each night.

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• A child who is extremely obese was found to have a defective version of the hormone leptin.

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• Jan 08, 2015 04:54 PM EST

• Most people who are obese are eating too much and exercising too little, but for a small number, there might be a defective hormone to blame.

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• Two oncology organizations are calling for regulation of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine …

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• Jan 08, 2015 04:42 PM EST

• The American Society for Cancer Research (ASCR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have jointly issued a statement outlining ways to regulate e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems.

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• In Australia, Who Smokes E-cigarettes More?

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• Jan 07, 2015 11:14 PM EST

• Here’s a question: which do you think between the two, the adolescents and the long-term smokers, like e-cigarettes more?

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• January 26 to February 1 is US National Drug Facts Week

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• Jan 07, 2015 09:17 PM EST

• Learn more about drugs during the National Drug Facts Week.

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• Alcohol poisoning kills 2,200 Americans a year.

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• Jan 07, 2015 07:14 PM EST

• About 2,200 people drink themselves to death in the U.S. each year, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report is based on information from the National Vital Statistics System for 2010 to 2012, and may actua…