Teenage Risks, and How to Avoid Them
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Why is risky behavior so common among teenagers and what might be done to curtail it?
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Teenagers who have had formal sex education are far more likely to put off having sex, contradicting earlier studies on the effectiveness of such programs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Teenagers arming themselves with weapons to protect themselves against attacks in the street
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NEW YORK  - When it comes to defining good health, low-income teenagers may put more stock in mental well-being than wealthier teens do, a new study suggests.
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Nikol Hasler doesn't recommend the "pull and pray" method of birth control. She says you should not have sex on nature trails because of bugs and Sasquatch. And if you hate your body as a teen, just wait.
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Babies fathered by teenagers are more likely to be unhealthy at birth, suggests a study.
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Teenagers are facing a "sexual health crisis" fuelled by alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour, a report warns.
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NEW YORK  - Most adolescents do not get enough exercise each day or maintain a healthy diet, according to researchers who analyzed the diet and exercise behaviors of 878, adolescents, 11 to 15 years old, and found that nearly 80 percent had multiple physical activity and dietary risk behaviors.
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NEW YORK  - Overweight children may show a collection of risk factors for heart disease by the time they are teenagers, a new study shows.
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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 16- to 20-year-olds, with about 5,500 teenage drivers or passengers dying each year.
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Don't under-protect yourself, or you may end up very sorry.
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The babies of teenage fathers are at higher risk for problems such as premature birth, low birth weight and neonatal death, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
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Instant messaging and online chat are well on their way to ubiquity -- especially among the young. How can parents ensure messaging is safe?
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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This might help explain why teenagers act like, well, teenagers.
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By David Crow  With adults and teenagers increasingly well catered for by social networking sites, children are the new growth market. But with the danger of online fraudsters and, even more disturbingly, paedophiles, the industry has to move carefully.
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Fall in teenage consumption raises doubts over plan to reclassify drug.