TEEN HEALTH

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• Oncologists have created a framework for deciding ethically who should get chemotherapy drugs in sho…

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• Jan 31, 2016 06:44 PM EST

• There have been chronic shortages in chemotherapy drugs used to treat children with cancer. A group of oncologists have created a framework on how to decide who to treat.

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• Smoking is down among teens, but they still are exposed to secondhand smoke

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• Jan 31, 2016 05:38 PM EST

• Even teens who do not smoke are exposed to the health hazards of secondhand smoke. Half of all teens who never smoke breathe in tobacco smoke.

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• Schizophrenia may be caused by an overzealous pruning process in teen brains

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• Jan 29, 2016 02:59 AM EST

• New research on schizophrenia may lead to better treatments, or even to prevention.

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• An Increasing Number Of Teens Are Developing Kidney Stones

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• Jan 16, 2016 06:57 AM EST

• Experts at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania revealed an increasing number of teens, females and African-Americans are developing kidney stones.

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• Study Shows Loneliness Can Harm The Health Of Teenagers

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• Jan 06, 2016 07:55 AM EST

• A study conducted by the University of Carolina revealed that socially isolated teens are more at risk of developing health problems than socially active ones.

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• TV Fuels Demand for E-Cigarettes among Teens

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• Jan 05, 2016 11:43 PM EST

• A US health agency is expressing alarm on unregulated advertising on e-cigarettes, saying that it may only invite kids to smoke them.

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• Abortion rates down 35% since 1990

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• Dec 31, 2015 05:19 PM EST

• Abortion rates are at an all time low, as are rates for pregnancies.

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• Study finds that having sex early is linked to more sexually transmitted infections

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• Dec 31, 2015 05:02 PM EST

• Having had sex for the first time at an earlier age has been linked to a dramatically higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

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• Bullying in adolescence may have long-lasting health implications

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• Dec 30, 2015 11:59 PM EST

• Being bullied as a teenager has been linked to health problems that can last well into adulthood, including headaches, insomnia, poor body image.

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• CDC says sex education in U.S. is rarely complete

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• Dec 29, 2015 07:17 PM EST

• Fewer than one-fifth of middle schools and only half of high schools are teaching all of the sex education topics that are recommended by the CDC.

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• Teens are more likely to steal or vandalize after seeing substance use

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• Dec 29, 2015 06:45 PM EST

• Seeing someone using drugs or alcohol in a given day apparently makes teens more likely to engage in antisocial behavior.

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• World Cup skiers are seeing fewer knee injuries due to equipment restrictions

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• Dec 28, 2015 07:09 PM EST

• Rules restricting use of "aggressive" deeply curved skis appear to have reduced the number of injuries in World Cup skiers.