The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MediaPost. Is overuse of phones and social media harmful to the health of Generation Z? With the human desire for connection evolving into a need for connectivity and the majority “always plugged into the online world, time spent with friends is down significantly. The feelings…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. New research has found that older adults who engaged in high-impact sports activities in their adolescence experience enhanced bone mineral density (BMD) and bone health in their old age. Loss of bone mineral density (BMD) with age is an important cause of osteoporosis (deterioration…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. A ‘secret shopper’ study finds that for many American families, accessing inpatient treatment for a teen battling addiction can be next to impossible. “If you are a family in crisis and you have a kid for whom outpatient treatment is not an option, you…
I went to the office supply store on a mission. I needed to buy my 2024 planners, so I could start filling out the days already booked with appointments. While I was there, I looked for a small pocket calendar to record my daughter’s daily weight. Since July 2023, her heart condition has required us…
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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,”…