Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

Adolescents Can Easily Be Addicted To Tobacco

Adolescents after their first cigarette very soon can experienced a loss of autonomy over tobacco according to a family health and community medicine specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The specialist who studies tobacco dependence,...

Teen sex as old as the dinosaurs

One wonders who pays for all this research? Is this really an answer to an age old  question no one really asked or cared about in the first place. What's next, Group Dino Sex?"Teen sex is as old as the...

Teenage Depression - Fish Theory to be Tested

"SCIENTISTS believe the mood of teenagers could be determined by the food they eat - and are about to put their theory to the test. A group of Australian scientists believe too few omega-3 fatty acids, found in...

Your Violent Kids Are Your Own Fault

Hey, listen up parents.  You can't blame the TV anymore..."It is not the cartoons that make your kids smack playmates or violently grab their toys but, rather, a lack of social skills, according to new research. "It's a natural behavior and it's surprising that the idea...

McDonalds "tastes better" when kids can see packaging: study

It now official:  McDonalds fast food tastes better when presented in its original packaging than when in generic packaging. At least according to this Stanford University study  "where 63 preschool...

Anti-Depressants that Increase Suicidal Thoughts

I thought that suicidal thoughts and depression were among the feelings that anti-depressants were meant to curb... however, kids and teens have been prescribed medicines that are now being flagged as...

Sexed-up images in media hurt young girls: study

Inescapable media images of sexed-up girls and women posing as adolescents can cause psychological and even physical harm to adolescents and young women, a study in the US has warned. The pressure of what experts call "sexualization" can lead to depression, eating disorders,...

Teenagers warned to avoid risks from sexual relationship during Loy Krathong ...

"The Provincial Offcial of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security of Kamphang Phet warns adolescents of the risks from sexual relationship during Loy Krathong Festival. Mr. Somkid Somsi, the...

Children May Outgrow Migraines

"A majority of adolescents with migraines either stop having headaches or develop less-severe ones as they reach adulthood, new research shows. Of the 55 children studied, 40% had remission by their early 20s, while 20% shifted to less troubling tension-type headaches,...

AIDS among adult and adolescent Latinos three times higher than for whites

Latino youth are more likely than whites to have sexual intercourse before the age of 13, and multiple sexual partners.

UN helps Sri Lanka fight child sex tourism

"Proclaiming a message of “zero tolerance” for child sex tourism in Sri Lanka, the United Nations is supporting a two-year action plan launched by the country’s tourist board to stop such exploitation, targeting visitors, children and adolescents, hoteliers,...

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