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TV shows link to teen pregnancies

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:53:32 -0600

Teenage girls who watch lots of TV shows with a sexual content are twice as likely to become pregnant, research suggests.

Sexy TV: A Link to Teen Pregnancy?

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:04:47 -0600

Teenage girls who are exposed to a lot of sexual content on television are more likely to get pregnant, and teenage boys are more likely to father a child, a study shows.

Does this make me look fat?

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Springer) The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. So reports a new study just published online in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, a Springer publication. Also influencing weight control behavior is girls' own definition of normal body weight and their perception of what others consider normal body weight.

STD Data Come as No Surprise, Area Teenagers Say

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Elizabeth Alderman, adolescent specialist at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, was astounded by a federal report this week showing that two out of five teenage girls who have had sex have experienced at least one sexually transmitted infection.

Teenage girls aren't the only ones who tan indoors -- older adul...

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:00:00 -0600

Think you won't run into grandparents at your local tanning salon? According to new research, you just might. In fact, a recent health survey of 29,394 American adults suggests that while 20 percent of 18-39 year olds visited tanning beds, as many as 10 percent of those between 50 and 64 years of age and eight percent of those older than 65 tanned indoors.