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Teens and Alcohol - What is Normal?
drink! I am frustrated by the media's continued insistence that they do. Just last week there was another article in my local paper saying things like: "alcohol is the drug of choice for young people" and "... underage drinking... has reached epid...
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Confidential Reproductive Health Care and Teens
One reason that adolescents forgo medical care is that they may be concerned about confidentiality. Their parent(s) may have always gone to the doctor with them and they are concerned that he or she will tell the parent about any behavior they rep...
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Traveling with Teens: Part 2
I love the trips I have taken with teens over the last few years because hanging out with them 24/7 provides a unique insight into their relationships and daily patterns. I usually take a couple of books that we all take turns reading for hours of...
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Loving Teens From The Inside, Out!
I have the amazing luck to work with a group of teens every summer who come together weekly and create the content for the We're Talking Teen Health sites at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
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Meals Matter from the Dairy Council of California
By 2030, the American Hospital Association estimates that more than 37 million midlife adults will be managing more than one chronic condition such as obesity or diabetes. The Dairy Council of California is providing a three-week self-directed Nut...
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Monday: The Day All Health Breaks Loose
Want to be part of a movement? How about joining the campaign to get Americans back on a healthier track every Monday morning?
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Preparing Your Teen/Preteen for Being Away from Home
Summer brings opportunities for preteens and teens to spread their wings and for those lucky enough, a chance to go away to camp. Preparing your child to be away from home can reduce the chances of and degree to which they may feel homesick.
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The Role of Fathers in HIV Education for Adolescent Boys
A recent study (conducted with 277 fathers and sons) published in the American Journal of Public Health titled " REAL Men: A Group-Randomized Trial of an HIV Prevention Intervention for Adolescent Boys," reported that boys whose fathers participat...
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Parents and Sex Education
A recent report (May, 2007) from the Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development at Public Health Institute in Oakland, CA, suggests that 96 percent of California parents are opposed to abstinence-only policies that prohibit instructi...
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The Teenage Brain
If you want to read more, there is a book called " Engaging Tweens and Teens: A Brain-Compatible Approach to Reading Middle and High School Students " by Raleigh Philip, at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Philip ...
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