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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent boys are more prone to delinquency if they do not have a father figure in their lives, a University of Melbourne study has found, while adolescent girls seem unaffected by the presence or absence of fathers in their lives. http://phys.org/news241345590.html Other Sciences Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:26:37 EST news241345590 Adolescent girls participating in high-impact physical activity, specifically basketball, running and gymnastics/cheerleading, appear to be at increased risk for developing stress fractures, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://phys.org/news221154136.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:42:31 EST news221154136 The incidence of melanoma appears higher in non-Hispanic white adolescent girls and young women living in higher socioeconomic neighborhoods than those living in lower socioeconomic areas, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the July print issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://phys.org/news219946777.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:20:05 EST news219946777 The public 'recruitment' campaign promoting the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has done little to educate adolescent girls about the cause of the cancer, University of Sydney researchers Kellie Burns and Kate Russell have found. http://phys.org/news219318728.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:52:26 EST news219318728 The results of a new study showed that the more time girls spend on Facebook, the more they suffered conditions of bulimia, anorexia, physical dissatisfaction, negative physical self-image, negative approach to eating and more of an urge to be on a weight-loss diet. Extensive online exposure to fashion and music content showed similar tendencies, but manifested in fewer types of eating disorders. http://phys.org/news216297693.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:43:06 EST news216297693 Both boys and girls who are victims of bullying, including bullying through e-mail and the internet, are at elevated risk for depression. However, according to a new study, adolescent girls may engage in substance use as a result of bullying-related depression,. http://phys.org/news214658177.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:30:04 EST news214658177 For parents wanting to reduce the negative influence of TV on their children, the first step is normally to switch off the television set. http://phys.org/news213531641.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:21:03 EST news213531641 Living in a deprived area increases the risk of violence more sharply for girls than boys, according to a Cardiff University study of former industrial areas. http://phys.org/news209308372.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:50:03 EST news209308372 In a study of more than 9,600 adolescent and young adult women in the Baltimore area, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that fewer than 30 percent of those eligible to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer actually chose to get it. And only about a third of those who began receiving the vaccine completed the three doses recommended for maximum protection. http://phys.org/news208547456.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:51:05 EST news208547456 An increasing number of obese adolescents, particularly females, are undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Yet a case study presented Sunday, Oct. 3, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco, highlights the possible link between gastric bypass surgery in adolescent girls and an increased risk for neural tube defects, which can lead to varying degrees of disability such as paralysis and mental retardation due to damage to the nervous system, in their future children. http://phys.org/news205306626.html Medicine & Health Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:37:15 EST news205306626 A new study has determined that teenagers who have abortions are no more likely to become depressed or have low self-esteem than their peers whose pregnancies do not end in abortion. http://phys.org/news204549702.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:40:01 EST news204549702 Personal listening devices like iPods have become increasingly popular among young — and not-so-young — people in recent years. But music played through headphones too loud or too long might pose a significant risk to hearing, according to a 24-year study of adolescent girls. http://phys.org/news202485713.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:30:01 EST news202485713 Normal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unnecessary and unsafe weight-loss behaviors than girls who can accurately assess their weight status, according to new research by a University of Illinois expert in eating disorders and body-image perception. http://phys.org/news195996365.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:40:01 EST news195996365 What's the most effective way to convince young women to cut back on their indoor tanning, a habit that hikes their risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, by 75 percent? Warn them that it will cause leathery, wrinkled skin. http://phys.org/news193318772.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 May 2010 16:00:11 EST news193318772 Emergency department physicians are more likely to document sexual histories of black adolescent girls with symptoms potentially related to sexually transmitted infections (STI) than white teen girls with the same symptoms, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news192255497.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 May 2010 05:40:01 EST news192255497 A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of her weight may play a role in her participation in risky sexual behaviors. The study results are published in the November issue of Pediatrics, now available online. http://phys.org/news176033215.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:07:22 EST news176033215 (PhysOrg.com) -- Injections of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appear to be no more painful than other shots that prevent disease, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://phys.org/news175364897.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:10:01 EST news175364897 Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology. Facilities with specific state laws regarding parental consent or accompaniment were more likely to require these steps. http://phys.org/news172770238.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:00:02 EST news172770238 A study of a Big Brothers Big Sisters of America formal mentoring program, which matched adolescent girls with women mentors, revealed that strong emotional support and improvement in girls psychosocial functioning from these relationships was a dominant theme coupled with the development of new skills and confidence through collaborations. http://phys.org/news157903243.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:01:03 EST news157903243 (PhysOrg.com) -- Past behavior is generally considered to be a good predictor of future behavior, but new research indicates that may not be the case in the development of depression, particularly among adolescent girls. http://phys.org/news154113418.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:21:40 EST news154113418 Vitamin D is significantly associated with muscle power and force in adolescent girls, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://phys.org/news152869465.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:44:44 EST news152869465