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  Lower Drinking Ages Can Have an Impact on Later Drinking Patterns

  January 22, 2013 — Lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws have been associated with short-term effects such as more traffic fatalities and teen suicides. A new study has investigated the long-term and persistent ... > full story
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  Bariatric Surgery in Extremely Obese Adolescents

  January 22, 2013 — Bariatric surgery in extremely obese adolescents was shown to be beneficial in helping to reverse previously undiagnosed cardiovascular abnormalities believed to be linked to severe ... > full story
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  Thirty Percent of Teen Girls Report Meeting Offline With Someone They Met Online

  January 14, 2013 — A new study highlights the risk that female teenagers face when they go online -- a risk heightened for teen girls who have been victims of abuse or neglect. The study shows that 30 percent of ... > full story
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  Protective Communities May Reduce Risk of Drinking in Teens

  January 9, 2013 — Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to researchers studying substance abuse ... > full story
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  Americans Have Worse Health Than People in Other High-Income Countries

  January 9, 2013 — On average, Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income ... > full story
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  R U Eating Healthy 2day?

  January 9, 2013 — Teens receive an average of 114 texts per day! Couple this with CDC's report that high school students' consumption of fruit and vegetables is, on average, 1.2 times per day and it makes sense to ... > full story
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  E-Games Boost Physical Activity in Children; Might Be a Weapon in the Battle Against Obesity

  January 9, 2013 — Video games have been blamed for contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. But a new study by researchers suggests that certain blood-pumping video games can boost ... > full story
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  Teens Susceptible to Hepatitis B Infection Despite Vaccination as Infants

  January 8, 2013 — New research reveals that a significant number of adolescents lose their protection from hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, despite having received a complete vaccination series as infants. Results ... > full story
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  Economic Environment During Infancy Linked With Substance Use, Delinquent Behavior in Adolescence

  December 31, 2012 — The larger economic environment during infancy may be associated with subsequent substance use and delinquent behavior during ... > full story
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  Teenagers Without Internet Access at Home Are Educationally Disadvantaged, UK Study Suggests

  December 30, 2012 — A major in-depth study examining how teenagers in the UK are using the internet and other mobile devices says the benefits of using such technologies far outweigh any perceived ... > full story

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