Thirteen teenaged rowers on the American team at the World Junior Rowing Championships, and some staff members, were sickened after competing at the lake that will be used next year.
Women who experience a stillbirth or who have a late-term abortion because of severe fetal anomalies go through a heartbreaking event. Such events post challenges for all members of a healthcare team because they must provide empathic and supportive care.
Oral contraceptives help reduce a woman’s risk of developing endometrial cancer. But a report that has found that the protection lasts for several years after she stops taking the birth control pills.
The long-term effects of tattoo ink, especially newer, brighter colors, is not known. There are no industry standards for the ingredients in tattoo inks.
A new study has found that music training helps improve the hearing and language skills of teens. Music instruction appears to help teens do better in school, according to researchers from Northwestern University.
A study has found that a social media site can help teens with asthma. A study of teens with asthma found significant improvement in engagement and in symptom control when they received reminders and encouragement via Facebook.
In 2009, screening guidelines for Pap tests were changed for women and girls under aged 21; But there may be an unintended consequence: Some young women may be missing out on screening for chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted disease.
It’s definitely good to start them early. A new study suggests that women who were active when they were still in their teens have a lesser risk of dying by the time they reach adulthood. The study was conducted by Nashville’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Cent…
Not enough teenagers are receiving the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), according to the CDC. Most teenagers in the United States have not received even a single dose of the vaccine, although the percentage that are is rising slowly
Hundreds of doctors, dentists and other health care providers are working to make sure that these athletes go home with clean bills of health – and sometimes more.
Zion Harvey lost his hands and feet to an infection when he was two. Now, surgeons at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have transplanted new hands and forearms onto the boy in the first such operation done on a child.
