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Teen Eating Disorder And Anxiety Depression Causes

Body image confusion running amuck? A seemingly "perfectionist" orientation to the smallest details? When does this apparent detail-and-goal orientation by your child "cross the danger line" into obsessive compulsive beh [...]

Posted On : Jul, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Treatments for Teen Depression

The National Institute of Mental Health completed a major study of the most effective treatments for teen depression and found that a combination of antidepressants and talk therapy work best. “Combination therapy” is defined a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Study - Early Therapy Can Save Teens from Depression

Depression is one of the dark demons of adolescence. Up to 1 in 12 American teenagers is affected, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and three times as many will experience depression at some point by age 18. St [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Teens Use Pot to Treat Health Problems

Almost a third of teens who smoke marijuana regularly may use it as a medication rather than a means of getting high.In a small study of 63 Canadian teens, 20 reported using the drug to relieve or manage health problems including depression [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Police offer teenagers junk food for good behaviour

Police are bribing youngsters to behave with the offer of cheap fast-food. Teenagers who promise to be good are being given discounts on items such as Big Macs and stuffed-crust pizzas, as well as computer games and clothes. Other off [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Rye Brook teen with bone disorder to bike 1,300 miles

Ben Lubkin's 1,300-mile trek across Europe is a colossal feat for any athlete, especially a 17-year-old who at one time could barely bend his legs without excruciating pain caused by a rare bone disease. "For Ben, the bike is a sense [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

US probes teen 'pregnancy pact'

Officials in the US state of Massachusetts are investigating how 17 teenage girls from the same school have become pregnant. The number is four times as high as the year before at Gloucester High School. There are reports that some of t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Teen Depression Worsened by Marijuana, Government Says

Today the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy sent out a clear message on teen pot use and depression: They're a bad combination. Issuing a report that analyzes around a dozen studies about marijuana use and mental health, th [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Report Warns on Serious Mental Problems in Teens Using Pot

Marijuana is one of the world’s most commonly used illegal drugs. There are approximately 300 million users worldwide and 28 million users in the United States alone. Marijuana comes from a plant called “Cannabis sativa.” [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Teen Junk Food Diet Linked To Heart Risk

Every second person is addicted to junk food and this includes teens also who when hanging out with each other always end up eating fast food because it’s filling and delicious but research says something else. The high-fat, jun [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Healthy Eating Tips For Teenagers

These are some of the important minerals teenagers should definietly make it a point to take instead of the fast foods: Zinc - This is required for growth. Iron - Especially important to girls and can be found in red meats and iron fortif [...]