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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments Off on Why You Need To Talk To Your Teen About Cold Medicine
It may seem silly, but if you have a teenager, you need to talk to him about the dangers of abusing over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. Although a number of brands and generic products can be abused this way, a common slang term for any such cold...
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Mar 8, 15 •
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Steroid Drug Use •
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Comments Off on Steroid Use In Teen Athletes – Talking To Your Teen About The Facts
Getting involved in sports is a great way for a teen to be active and involved. Athletics help keep young people in shape, give them a way to be social and learn teamwork skills and keep them occupied in a healthy way. On the downside, the pressure to perform...
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Mar 1, 15 •
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Comments Off on Why Do Teens Have Heightened Risks For Marijuana Addiction?
In teenagers transitioning from adolescence to early adulthood, heightened risks for marijuana addiction appear to be linked to widespread, marijuana-related changes in brain development, a team of researchers from two U.S. institutions reports. Teenage...
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Dec 26, 14 •
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Comments Off on Ketamine And Teens: The Cold Hard Facts
People looking to get high will go just about anywhere, or try just about anything, in order to achieve their goal of escape from mundane reality. Adolescents can be especially reckless in their pursuit of mind-numbing intoxication, since they tend to see...
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Dec 2, 14 •
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Comments Off on Family And Peer Invalidation: A Suicide And Self-Harm Risk For Teens
By Christi van Eyken Teenagers who experience a lack of acceptance or feelings of invalidation from their family and their peers are at a greater risk for...
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Nov 30, 14 •
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Comments Off on How Often Do Teen Marijuana Users Experience Withdrawal?
By M. Gideon Hoyle Marijuana and other forms of cannabis have a largely benign reputation in certain segments of the U.S. population, including most teenagers. Despite this reputation, significant numbers of marijuana users go on to develop an officially...
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Nov 28, 14 •
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Eating Disorders •
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Comments Off on Can Normal-Weight Teens Have Eating Disorders?
A new study from Australia shows how important it is to focus on more than weight when evaluating patients with eating disorders. Eating disorders have become strongly associated with severely underweight individuals, but these illnesses can also affect...
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Oct 24, 14 •
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Comments Off on LSD And Teens: The Cold Hard Facts
After LSD first appeared back in the 1960s, it quickly found a home among counterculture types looking to “turn on, tune in and drop out.” The surreal, psychedelic landscapes revealed under the influence of this man-made hallucinogen...
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Oct 15, 14 •
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Synthetic Drug Use •
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Comments Off on Spike In Synthetic Marijuana Overdoses Prompts Health Alerts
Synthetic marijuana is a common term for a group of powerful man-made chemicals that mimic the basic drug effects of marijuana, often in an unusually potent form. Users of these chemicals sometimes experience overdose episodes that require prompt medical...
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Oct 8, 14 •
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Mental Health •
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Comments Off on Signs Of Self-Injury In Young People And What To Do
By Eric Metcalf, MPH @EricMetcalfMPH Many kids and teens cope with upsetting thoughts and life challenges in a way that worries those around them: They hurt themselves. Experts call this nonsuicidal self-injury. People who injure themselves in this way...
