"Choking game" deaths reported among U.S. youth
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NEW YORK  - Between 1995 and 2007, at least 82 children and adolescents in the United States died as a result of playing the "choking game," according to a report released Thursday.
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Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt...
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The slayings were shocking enough by themselves: In February, an out-of-work mechanic allegedly abducted, raped and killed an 11-year-old girl. In August, six people were bludgeoned to death in what was believed to be a dispute over a video game. The news that followed arrests in both cases was even more alarming: The accused murderers had recently violated probation and probably shouldn't have been on the street.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who lose their teeth to cavities or gum disease may have an increased risk of dying from heart disease later in life, a new study suggests.
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Children who watch major sporting events on television see a lot of violence and unsafe behavior, and it is not just on the field.
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American Indian and Alaska Native youth 15 to 24 years old are committing suicide at a rate more than three times the national average for their age group.
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000  Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by  an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested on  Thursday.
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About 9.7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday from diseases that could be prevented with simple, affordable measures, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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NAIROBI, Oct 8 (IPS) - First, the good news: while nearly one in five  children was dying before the age of five in the early 1960s,  this figure had dropped to less than one in 12 by 2002.
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At least 82 youths have died from the so-called "choking game," according to the first government count of fatalities from the tragic fad
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A substantial minority of young  adults who have survived a childhood malignancy will have at  least one severe health problem, according to a report  presented here Tuesday at a media briefing of the Journal of  the American Medical Association.
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Teens who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self-control, a study released on Tuesday found.
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About 9.7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday, mostly from diseases that could be prevented with simple, affordable measures, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A study of adolescents finds that violent video games stir up the brain's emotional-response center while reducing activity in regions linked to self-control.
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The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has published its annual list of toys that it claims can harm or kill children, particularly those with small parts.
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More U.S. children are seeing doctors for asthma, although already-low death rates from the condition have fallen even more, according to statistics from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention released on Tuesday.
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About a third of American youngsters age 12 to 19 fail treadmill tests measuring heart and respiratory health, and fatness and sedentary lifestyles are likely culprits, researchers said on Monday.