Teen Health

Joseph Erbentraut

Teen Mothers Find Support, Education And Empowerment

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 01.31.2012

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The Simpson Academy for Young Women, a Chicago public school, last week cut the ribbon on its newest addition -- and it wasn't a new library wing, com...

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13-Year-Old Cuffed Over Burp In Class!

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 01.31.2012

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed again...

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Teen Obesity: Are High Schools To Blame?

Posted 01.01.2012

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What keeps people from being able to lose weight? It's often said to be a lack of motivation, but for obese teens, the problem might be a lack of heal...

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Survey Of Suburban Teens Shows Need For More Sex Ed, Disturbing Rates Of Rape

Posted 10.26.2011

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A survey about the behaviors of suburban Chicago teenagers released by the Cook County Department of Public Health Thursday revealed some disturbing i...

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A Soda Substitute for Teens, from Dr. Oz

Posted 08.15.2011

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Dr. Oz reveals a healthy soda substitute for teenagers. if(typeof AOLVP_cfg==='undefined')AOLVP_cfg=[];AOLVP_cfg.push({id:'AOLVP_us_9914038240...

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New Tools For Preventing Teen Obesity

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.22.2011

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Deepak Chopra

85 percent of obese teens will become obese adults. Research shows that teens' activity level is a strong predictor of whether they will be overweight or obese as adults.

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Teen Hearing Loss: 1-In-5 U.S. Teenagers Has Slight Hearing Loss

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new nati...

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Cyberbullying Linked To Teen Health Problems: Study

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011

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A research team out of Finland's Turku University, whose work appears in this month's issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, surveyed 2,215 teens ag...

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