Healthline Blogs
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College Touring with Younger SIblings
Well we have finally started college touring in a big way. We had visited two local colleges this Fall, but last week we packed the car and headed to beautiful Southern California to explore seven universities - two University of California (UC) c...
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Electronic Devices and Headaches in Teens
It seems to me that teens are experiencing more headaches than in previous history but a recent study suggests that the use of electronic devices is not related to the headaches - unless the teen listen to 1-2 hours of music every day.A study in G...
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Provocative Campaign on Childhood Mental Illness
Well, I never thought I would say this, but I wish I lived in New York this month. Apparently the Child Study Center is running some amazing ads about autism, depression, ADHD, bulimia, OCD, and Asperger's syndrome that are really catching the att...
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Safety and Empowerment - How to Balance Risks for Teens
Lately, the world seems to be a little crazier to me, and although I refuse to watch the news on TV, there have been several "events" involving young girls being abducted, raped, or threatened that have managed to creep into my reality, shaking me...
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Giving Teens Purpose and Hope For The Future
We can all help improve the lives of teens and give them resilience in the midst of a critical time in their lives by helping them find a sense of purpose and hope for their futures!The Teen Voice 2009 Survey found that teens who have hope and pur...
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Making knowledge matter: After sex ed and the talk with parents
My name is Nancy Brown and I am an adolescent health specialist with two daughters ages 14 and 11. My goal at Healthline is to provide youth, teens, and young adults with medically accurate health information to questions that still exist after se...
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Thank You - Grand Rounds 5.43
Thank you Dr. Joseph Kim, at Medicine & Technology for hosting Grand Rounds 5.43 this week and including a post from Teen Health 411 about the upcoming Wellness Assessment for Youth to Get Organized (WAY2GO!).This week was a great read with i...
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Facebooking As a Family
OK, my kids and I are all officially on Facebook and at least they have their privacy settings set tight, and I have to say, it has been very interesting!Here is what surprised me:I am not the oldest Facebook user on the earth (although completely...
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Girls, Women and HIV
The 4th Annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (3/10/09) should help us all remember that HIV/AIDS poses special risks for women and girls.There are more than 278,000 women and adolescent girls living with HIV.80 percent of the fem...
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Thank You - Grand Rounds 5.12
Thanks to Alvaro Fernandez at Sharpbrains for hosting Grand Rounds 5.12 this week and including the post about fat teens and exercising from Teen Health 411.I loved the interview theme and the posts were pretty darn entertaining this week, which i...
