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Making pot legal for adults means teens will be more likely to use it too, say pediatricians. And while they're concerned about health effects, they say there are better ways to deter usage than jail.
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Developmental psychologist Larry Steinberg says new brain science is starting to reveal why teenagers seem to stay teenage through their mid-twenties.
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“The American Academy of Pediatrics has come out with a recommendation for sexually active teenage girls. The organization says the first choice should be…
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Indiana is at the forefront of providing mental health screening and services to juvenile offenders, but more efforts are needed to improve the services…
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The American Academy of Pediatrics says too many teens are sleep deprived and one way to fix that problem is to start the school day at 8:30 a.m. or…
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When given their choice of contraceptives for free, almost three-quarters of sexually active teenage girls chose long-acting options like the IUD or hormonal implants, a study finds.
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This year, Indiana became the first state to require concussion awareness training for coaches at the youth and high school level, although other states…
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Among more than 1,500 adolescents who had consumed at least one drink before age 18, researchers have found that although a gene variant prevents some…
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Do you want to be a lab rat? That's what teenagers are doing when they smoke marijuana, the state of Colorado says. But since hard evidence of marijuana's harms is scanty, it may be a tough sell.
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A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas and sports drinks could reduce obesity in adolescents, and exercise promotion,…