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(PhysOrg.com) -- Runaways who maintain contact with pro-social peers and have parental support, especially from their mothers, tend to return home. http://www.physorg.com/news179159895.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:50:01 EST news179159895 Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such targeted alcohol ads, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news178979646.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:50:01 EST news178979646 Samsung Electronics today announced the availability of Samsung Corby (model: S3650), a mobile phone designed to support the digitally connected lifestyles of today`s young mobile users. http://www.physorg.com/news170952870.html Electronics Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:20:05 EST news170952870 Why are so many students deep in debt before they finish college, only to take on more debt as they begin their careers? The answer may be found by looking at the social forces that shape the attitudes and behaviors of today's youth - forces influencing them in ways that will determine their financial success or failure as adults. http://www.physorg.com/news167911998.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:13:52 EST news167911998 A government-backed youth development pilot programme in England, aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, drunkenness or cannabis use, didn't reduce teenage pregnancies and other outcomes and might have increased pregnancies, according to research published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news166252411.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:13:54 EST news166252411 (PhysOrg.com) -- A committed two-adult household with strong religious values may reduce the likelihood that youths will commit acts such as assault, vandalism and theft throughout adolescence and into early adulthood, says a new study from Ball State University. http://www.physorg.com/news165161930.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:09 EST news165161930 (PhysOrg.com) -- Youth who do arts are psychologically better off than those who do not, a new study from Victoria University shows. http://www.physorg.com/news163350025.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:01:01 EST news163350025 Before plastic surgery and botox, an ancient culture had a different way of dealing with the quest for eternal youth. Why not simply live forever? In medieval China, third century B.C., people believed it possible to be 800 years old, only without the pesky wrinkles and liver spots. http://www.physorg.com/news162667160.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 May 2009 18:19:53 EST news162667160 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the American Legacy Foundation have estimated that truth(R), the nations' largest youth smoking prevention campaign, saved $1.9 billion or more in health care costs associated with tobacco use. The results were published February 12 online by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news153669857.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:04:43 EST news153669857 A genetic risk factor that increases the likelihood that youth will engage in substance use can be neutralized by high levels of involved and supportive parenting, according to a new University of Georgia study. http://www.physorg.com/news153501501.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:18:44 EST news153501501 Current government programmes aimed at reducing drug and alcohol use among young people may be ineffective and may even be doing more harm than good, according to a paper published today in Public Policy Research, the quarterly journal published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research. http://www.physorg.com/news152471614.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:19 EST news152471614 The self-perceptions and life experiences of young homeless people vary significantly by race, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The findings underscore the need for a more tailored approach to youth homelessness intervention and prevention programs. http://www.physorg.com/news152459078.html Other Sciences Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:45:44 EST news152459078 A new study connects young adults' use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family - and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings. http://www.physorg.com/news151911184.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:34:03 EST news151911184 (PhysOrg.com) -- The same principles that a Biodesign Institute research team has successfully applied to remove harmful contaminants from the environment may one day allow people to clean up the gunk from their bodies -and reverse the effects of aging. The Biodesign Institute, along with partner, the Methuselah Foundation, is working to vanquish age-related disease by making old cells feel younger. http://www.physorg.com/news151344228.html Biology Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:03:48 EST news151344228 More than three-quarters of young violent offenders interviewed in two poverty-stricken New York City neighborhoods had seen someone die in a violent incident, a new study reveals. http://www.physorg.com/news151073521.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:52:01 EST news151073521 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) teens in British Columbia are at a higher risk of pregnancy because of discrimination, sexual abuse and harassment compared to heterosexual teens, according to a University of British Columbia study. http://www.physorg.com/news148665142.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:52:22 EST news148665142 A University of Georgia program designed to reduce alcohol use, drug use and risky sexual behavior in African-American youth also reduces the likelihood of engaging in conduct problems by up to 74 percent two years later, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news147967972.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:12:52 EST news147967972 Unusually aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows. http://www.physorg.com/news145252980.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:03:00 EST news145252980 It is a common belief that girls tend to internalize their problems, becoming depressed or anxious, while boys externalize their problems, turning to violence against people or property. A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy found that this idea did not hold for African-American youth who were in the juvenile justice system. For them, whether they internalized or externalized depended not on gender but on what was happening within their families. http://www.physorg.com/news145199183.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:06:23 EST news145199183 Youth in their late teens who live in poor neighbourhoods are four times more likely to attempt suicide than peers who live in more affluent neighbourhoods, according to a new study from Canada's Université de Montréal and Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, as well as Tufts University in the U.S. The researchers also found youth from poor neighbourhoods are twice as likely to report suicidal thoughts. http://www.physorg.com/news144062242.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:17:22 EST news144062242 Undocumented youth are not likely to go to college. Usually they do not qualify for financial aid and often come from low-income families with little ability to pay college tuition. A new study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management found that providing tuition subsidy in the form of in-state tuition increased the college enrollment and educational attainment of non-citizen, Mexican young adults, a group comprising a majority of undocumented individuals in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news143296037.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:27:17 EST news143296037 A landmark study conducted by Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (MCRF) 15 years ago found that an educational intervention improved hearing protection use among farm youth. http://www.physorg.com/news140441561.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:32:41 EST news140441561 More than half of orphaned youth age 12 to 24 who head households in rural Rwanda meet criteria for depression, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news139570651.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:37:31 EST news139570651 A study recently published in the Journal of Social Issues illustrates how certain disadvantages experienced in adolescence, such as early pregnancy, dropping out of high school, being arrested, or going to an underprivileged school, contribute to lower voter turnout in young adulthood. In addition, the types of disadvantage vary across racial groups. http://www.physorg.com/news139059055.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:30:55 EST news139059055 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking. "There is now incontrovertible evidence that marketing of tobacco, and the depiction of smoking in the movies, promote youth smoking and can cause young people to begin smoking," said Loken, professor of marketing at the Carlson School of Management and one of the report's five scientific editors. http://www.physorg.com/news138535848.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:48 EST news138535848 One of the most widely accepted beliefs about the differences between troubled boys and girls may need to be revised, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news135872421.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:20:21 EST news135872421