Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has announced that the age of sale of tobacco products will rise from 16 to 18 from 1 September 2008.
The Minister has taken the step in an attempt to reduce the level of smoking prevalence amongst children and young people in Northern Ireland, having received 90% support for the measure during [...]
The nation’s fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government’s latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children. Not all the report’s findings were positive; there also were increases in the adolescent birth rate and the proportion [...]
It’s time to think about fun ways to get fit, says Natasha Darras, 17, a rising star on the high school golf circuit in southern California.
Aside from practicing golf and competing in tournaments, I am constantly doing a variety of things that help me stay in shape and have fun, says Natasha.
Here are some ideas [...]
When looking at angry faces so quickly that they are hardly aware of seeing them, youth with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have unchecked activity in the brain’s fear center, say NIMH researchers. This disturbance is greater in those who are more severely anxious.
These findings were reported in an article in the May 2008 issue of [...]
The risk of potentially devastating tears to an important knee ligament may be reduced in female college soccer players by an alternative warm-up program that focuses on stretching, strengthening, and improving balance and movements, according to a CDC study published online this week in The American Journal of Sports Medicine. The program can be done [...]
Parents who have regular meals with their adolescent children might help lessen the chances they will start drinking or smoking later in their teen years, according to new research.
Past studies have shown that family meals provide many benefits, including offering a venue for parents to communicate with their adolescents about their daily activities, as well [...]
Black first-graders – especially girls – who are already performing poorly in school are at risk of being depressed by the time they reach junior high, according to an analysis of hundreds of African-American students in Baltimore. Therefore, researchers say, focusing early on what such youngsters are doing well may help build self-esteem and guard [...]
When it comes to learning life-changing behaviors in high school health classes, the identity of the person teaching may be even more important than the curriculum, a new study suggests.
For years, many high schools around the country have been relying on outside experts to teach sensitive subjects such as the human immunodeficiency virus [...]
Freshmen face many new experiences when they head off to college. Learning to eat right and take care of themselves are two important areas that are often missed.
With no parents to guide their choices, newly sprung freshman must decide what to eat, when to eat, who to eat with, and how they’ll get their food [...]
Addressing and improving mental health outcomes for students is a particularly complex issue in urban public schools. Proposed solutions to critical situations are usually prepackaged suggestions from research conducted outside of the communities seeking help.
A new study approaches community partnerships and their ability to problem-solve in-depth right in their own backyards. In an article published [...]