Adolescent

A New Field of Medicine: Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Ali Ansary | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Movember, Adolescent, Young Adults, Cancer, Adolescents and Adults, Personal Health, Young Adult Cancer, Adolescents and Medicine, Young Adult Medicine, Young Adult Treatment, Healthy Living News
Ali Ansary

Ownership begins with patients taking control of their health and starting with the simple questions to their physicians, "Did you know there is an adolescent and young adult cancer segment called AYA?"

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Honor Your Life

Jay Tavare | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: American Indian, Indian Reservations, Honor Your Life, Addiction, Suicide, Crisis Intervention, Teen, Adolescent, Apache, Mesclero, Impact News
Jay Tavare

The air smelled of smoke from the fires raging in the Southwest, but foremost in my mind was excitement to see my friends and family on the reservation. Whenever I make a trip to the Apache rez, it is their love that always leaves me humbled.

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Good Teacher Gone Bad

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Testing, Standards, Language-Arts, Adequate, Accountability, Adolescent, Bartleby-Project, Education News
Timothy D. Slekar

In the end, I'm not mad at my son's teacher. She's just a product of the culture. A sad culture designed to create mass failure -- failing students, failing schools, and failing teachers.

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When you can't stand your teen's best friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Boundaries, Bad Choices, Toxic, Relationships, Tips for Handling a Bad Friend, Friend Who Is Trouble, Bad Friend, Friendship Advice, House Rules, Parenting, Adolescent, Breaking News, Parent, First Impressions, Friendship Expert, Teen, Mom, Living, Best Friend, Parenting Advice, Tween, Breaking Living News, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi Irene, What should you tell a teen whose friend is nothing but trouble when she feels that the friend is her best friend in the who...

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Divorce & Teenagers -- Normal or Not?

Ginger Emas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Addiction, Amicable Divorce, Kids and Divorce, Divorce, Post-Divorce, Adolescent, Teenager, Divorce News
Ginger Emas

For those of us divorced with kids, we face a recurring question that keeps us up at night: Is my child going through a normal adolescent stage or is his behavior due to the fact that his dad and I are not together?

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