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Parents’ Top Fears About Teens’ Cellphone Use — Really Cause for Worry?
Parents’ fears about their teenagers’ heavy use of cell phones and social media may be exaggerated, according to a new ... -
Students Can Now Sign up to Host Winter Red Cross Blood Drives and Become Eligible for Scholarships
Youth blood drive coordinators needed Dec. 15 through Jan. 15 This winter high school and college students can help save ... -
Peer Pressure Isn’t All Bad: Close Teen Friendships Equate to Healthier Adults
Teens are often warned to beware the undue influence of peer pressure, but new research suggests that following the pack ... -
Guilting Teens into Exercise Won’t Increase Activity
Just like attempts at influencing hairstyles or clothing can backfire, adults who try to guilt middle-schoolers into exercising won’t get ... -
Teen E-Cig Users More Likely to Smoke
As e-cigarette usage among high school students continues to climb, a recent study from The Journal of the American Medical ... -
Returning to School Year Sleep Routines
It’s the time of year when parents are celebrating the return to routine as their children return to school – ... -
Depressed Teens at Risk of Heart Disease
American Heart Association urges early monitoring. Teens with major depression or bipolar disorder are at high risk of early heart ... -
Contact Lens 101: A Back-to-School Must for Teens
American Academy of Ophthalmology urges parents to remind their kids that studying up on proper contact lens care can prevent ... -
Help Teens Deal With Stress as School Starts
As the start of the school year approaches, we spoke with Michael Levy, M.D., Consultation/Liaison Psychiatrist at Nyack Hospital, about ... -
Music Alters the Teenage Brain
The results suggest that music may engender what educators refer to as ‘learning to learn.’ Music enhances the teenage brain’s ...