The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. The number of American teens who smoke or have even tried smoking has dropped dramatically compared to a generation ago, with less than 1% now saying they light up cigarettes daily. Researchers tracked data on students in grades 9 through 12 from 1991 through…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. An average of 22 adolescents 14 to 18 years of age died in the U.S. each week in 2022 from drug overdoses, raising the death rate for this group to 5.2 per 100,000—driven by fentanyl in counterfeit pills, new research finds. Adolescent overdoses had…
Are you aware that in the rapidly changing landscape of social media, TikTok use is on the rise among our kids? The latest research from the Pew Research Center reports that two-thirds of our teens report using TikTok, making the… Read More The post TikTok. . . A Message For Parents appeared first on The…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. Adolescent obesity significantly increases the risk of developing early chronic kidney disease (CKD) in young adulthood, according to a large cohort study led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Center researchers. The new study, published in the journal JAMA…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. There was a substantial increase in emotional problems among young people in Wales in the years immediately before the pandemic, research from Cardiff University shows. In the article, “Trends in adolescent emotional problems in Wales between 2013 and 2019: the contribution of peer relationships,”…
I read an article on interviewing a wife of three years about the biggest lessons she’s learning in marriage. She said that sometimes you have to carry each other, and how it seems to work out that when she’s going through a hard time her husband isn’t, and visa versa. It was that way for…
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Did you ever hear what John Calvin said to churches considering sending their young leaders to Geneva for pastoral education? “Send us your wood and we will send back arrows.” That captures the heart of what we’ve curated with the Northeast Youth… Read More The post The Northeast Youth Ministry Summit Training Conference! appeared first on The…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Yahoo! Finance. Almost half of teenagers feel as if they are addicted to social media, according to analysis. The early findings from a study being carried out at the University of Cambridge were described as “striking”, with researchers saying that some people’s relationship with social…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds. Being a couch potato as a kid could put your heart in serious danger later in life. A new study warns that children who lead a sedentary lifestyle are more likely to experience strokes or heart attacks in their later years. The research revealed…