Healthline Blogs
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It Is Not Too Late: Get Your Flu Shots!
People, people, people, this is going to be a nasty flu season - so please, make sure your entire family has had their seasonal and H1N1 flu shots! A recent study by the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that providing flu shots in O...
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Expanded Learning Time in Schools
The Center for American Progress published an interesting report about expanded learning by Elena Rocha on August 28, 007. Given how many educational reforms I could suggest to enhance the well-being and health of teens, it surprised me that Ms. R...
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Halloween Tips From Healthline
Imagine spooky Halloween picture right here!I am so sorry that Blogger has been down all week and that you cannot see the lovely photos that should accompany the last few posts! I will add them once Blogger is behaving again - I promise! Seven T...
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Child Internet Safety
I know that there is a lot of information out there on Internet Safety, however, no amount of coverage is overkill if we prevent one child or teen from being exploited on the Internet. As parents and professionals from a different generation, we ...
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The ABCs of Healthy Teen Relationships
There is a great new resource at We're Talking Teen Health about healthy teen relationships, called The ABCs of Healthy Relationships. This new section of We're Talking was created by Julia Ransohoff and other teens and young adults with a grant f...
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Happy Holidays From Teen Health 411!
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Good morning everyone and happy holidays! Wherever you are today and whomever you are with, I want to send blessings for health and joy to you and your loved ones!As amazing as it is, this month we have...
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Are Males Dominant, Disconnected, and Dangerous?
Here is a little more evidence to help you monitor what your kids are being exposed to at home or day care, via movies. A 2006 research brief commissioned by the See Jane Program at Dads & Daughters suggests that G-rated movies are portraying ...
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How does the Internet Affect HIV Prevention?
A fact sheet on the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at UCSF discusses the Internet as a social networking tool with the potential to help HIV prevention efforts. Although the fact sheet is mostly about adults, specifically men-who-have-s...
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Fathers' Alcohol Use and Substance Use Among Teens
Here is some interesting information that calls for continued education for families about the potential impact of fathers' alcohol use on teen substance use.For those of you who may not know, alcohol abuse is defined using the criteria specified ...
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Teens and Sexual Health
There was a great article called "The modern age generation confused: Cancer vaccines, birth control, emergency contraception -- with all these options, are teens any sexually healthier?" in the Sunday Chronicle (page CM-13) last Sunday by Heather...
