The number of popular social media sites available on kids' mobile devices has exploded in recent years. ...
02:32 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Gene that hard-wires people for binge-drinking, by boosting levels of a happy brain chemical triggered by alcohol, has been discovered, scientists claim. ...
05:03 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Teens involved in activities such as music, drama and painting after school may become more depressed or sadder than peers who are not so inclined, says a new study. ...
03:56 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Washington: Longer sleep hours could prevent the onset of diabetes among teenagers, besides improving their insulin resistance, suggests a new study. "High levels of insulin resistance can lead to the development of diabetes," said Karen Matthews, who teaches psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. "We found that if teens that normally get six hours of sleep per night get one extra hour of sleep, they would improve insulin resistance by...
12:18 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Washington: Researchers are harnessing a harmless virus living in the pores of our skin to seek out and kill bugs that cause pimples, the biggest woe of teenagers. "Acne affects millions of people, yet we have few treatments that are both safe and effective," said principal investigator Robert Modlin, chief of dermatology and professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). "Harnessing a virus...
03:47 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Bangalore: The incident was aired on national television and written about extensively in newspapers; there were dharnas, protests by citizens, there was turmoil everywhere but in the journey to contradict an incident that hit our society, did we forget about the victims? Did the effect of the entire shameful episode on the teenagers was lost somewhere? Such events have a traumatic effect on the young minds. Media has done its...
02:04 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Washington: Sexting irks teenagers, but 30 per cent of them anyway "sext" nude pictures of themselves to others, a new study in the US has found. The study of nearly 1,000 teens aged between 14 and 19 years in Texas found that sexting is common among this age group with nearly 28 per cent of them admitting that they had sent nude pictures of themselves through electronic means. While 31...
03:26 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: The proposed law to raise the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 will be "undemocratic" and a "backward" step, a Delhi court has said, adding that it will also give a "tool" to the police to harass teenagers. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said it while acquitting Sandeep Paswan a native of Uttar Pradesh, charged with kidnapping and raping a minor girl, who had...
11:42 PM, May 31, 2012
BANGALORE: Bangaloreans were recently shaken after learning about a 14-year old boy stabbed to death by his friends at Hanumagiri Betta near Bangalore. Just when we thought children were on the rise on every criminals hit list, we realise that the tables have turned, and children, sparing criminals the effort, have started to commit crimes themselves.Juvenile crime is on the rise with young children between the age of 10 to...
09:35 AM, Apr 10, 2012
We, as adults, often reminisce about our adolescence with fondness. Those great years with no worry about life and career, the first crush, the first ...
11:48 AM, Mar 28, 2012
UN started a campaign to mobilise 150000 teenagers in the US to file a petition the White House to fight against child marriages worldwide. ...
09:21 AM, Nov 16, 2011
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It's world mental health day today -something none of us can afford to ignore. First the disturbing stats: The World Health Organisation estimates that ...
12:28 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of rape from Nashik, three minor boys have been arrested for raping a 14-year-old girl and later setting her on fire. The three teenagers raped the girl at her residence before setting her on fire. The victim who suffered 97 per cent burns, succumbed to her injuries on Thursday. Police say the accused forcefully entered her house, when her parents were away and raped...
09:24 AM, Sep 01, 2011
Nashik: Three teenagers were on Wednesday arrested on charges of raping a minor girl at her residence before setting her on fire in which she suffered 96 per cent burns, police said. In a ghastly incident, the accused trio forcefully gained entry into the house of the the 14-year-old victim at Aringale Farm in Nashik Road area when her parents were away and took turns to rape her, they said,...
06:48 PM, Aug 31, 2011
Washington: Female teens may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of binge drinking. Heavy alcohol use has been linked with diminishing mental processes among both adults and adolescents, particularly in tasks of spatial working memory (SWM). SWM is the ability to perceive the space around you, which is critical to logical thinking and reasoning, said study co-author Susan F. Tapert, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San...
11:43 AM, Jul 18, 2011
Beijing: Girl students in a south China province have been asked to attend a crash course on how to resist and avoid the clutches of older, richer men. The project in Guangdong province is aimed at telling girls in middle and elementary schools how to avoid older men and stand on their own two feet, according to China Daily. "It will focus on self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement," said Lei...
02:38 PM, Mar 31, 2011
'Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later...' (St. Martin's Press), by Francine Pascal: The stars of the young-adult book series "Sweet Valley" have grown up. Twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield were introduced in 'Sweet Valley High' in the early 1980s. The beautiful blond teens with peaches-and-cream skin " they're a perfect size 6 " live in Sweet Valley, Calif. Elizabeth is sensitive, thoughtful and responsible, while Jessica is more emotional, selfish...
01:49 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Malaysia: Malaysian police say they have recovered about 700,000 condoms that were stolen while being shipped to Japan two months ago. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says authorities found hundreds of boxes of condoms at a warehouse and a home last week. Police arrested six men who allegedly were storing the condoms in hope of eventually selling them. Mohamad Shukri said Thursday some of the...
06:11 PM, Mar 17, 2011
London: A British teenager allegedly died today after consuming two pints of vodka during a drinking game, a media report said. 17-year-old Louis Buxton, a promising footballer, was said to have been involved in a drinking game before being driven home ill, The Sun reported. "He went to sleep then his snoring stopped and an ambulance was called," his father Gary, a resident of Croydon of South London, was quoted...
05:50 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New York: Spending time online is normal behavior for teenagers. But too much Internet use by teens - or too little, for that matter - might be related to depression, a new study finds. The findings, reported in the journal of Pediatrics, do not mean that the Internet is to blame. For one, teens in the study who spent no time online were also at increased risk of depression symptoms....
03:58 PM, Jan 19, 2011
