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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 15:58

Telstra ups funding for foundation

Telstra’s showing its caring, philanthropic face during Australia’s national e-security awareness week with an announcement today that it is doubling funding to its Telstra Foundation for use in the spotlight on cyber safety program this year.

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Friday, 05 June 2009 17:45

Intervene quickly to prevent teen depression

One in 12 U.S. teens are depressed. Three times more will be depressed at some point in their early lives. A large study shows that getting help quickly with cognitive behavioral (CB) prevention is better than traditional methods to combat teen depression.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 18:48

Abuse report: Teens sniffing inhalants

Although a lower percentage of U.S. teens are sniffing, or huffing, inhalants in 2007, the number of teenagers who have abused inhalants has remained about the same for the past five years (2002-2007), according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Wednesday, 11 February 2009 16:36

Habbo survey: Security conscious Aussie teens battle online threats

On line bullying and constant attempts to extract personal information for its misuse are part and parcel of life online for Australian teenagers, if the results of a survey of 2,800 teens are a fair representation of what goes on on the Internet.
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 07:40

Girls get depressed chatting online about love problems

A New York study found that teenage girls get anxious and depressed more often when chatting online excessively about problems with their romantic relationships. Is it a problem with the Internet or a problem that has been present in girls for generations?

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Sunday, 18 January 2009 20:16

Troubled kids more likely to have problems as adults

Researchers from the United Kingdom found that children exhibiting behavioral problems, even minor ones, are much more likely to grow up to be adults with various problems involving money, personal relationships, and emotions.

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Thursday, 08 January 2009 18:38

U.S. 2006 teen birth rate in MS over 3X that of NH

According to the CDC report Births: Final Data for 2006, the rate of having babies among Mississippi teenagers is 68.4 per 1,000 females versus 18.7 for teens in New Hampshire, nearly 3.7 times the difference between the highest state and the lowest one.
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Monday, 29 December 2008 21:18

U.S. teen virgin pledges don't work, study reports

A Johns Hopkins study has found the pledges made by American teenagers to remain virgins until marriage are not effective. In fact, pledged teens are just as likely to have premarital sex as non-pledged ones.

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Thursday, 04 December 2008 19:26

Self-embedding disorder worse than thought in teens

U.S. researchers find that mentally disturbed teenagers use dangerous types of self-injury when confronted with stress. Only recently identified, self-embedding disorder is now thought to be used in more severe ways by teens to inflict injury, along with being more common, especially in girls.

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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 20:21

Sex on TV found to be foreplay for teens

A U.S. study has found that watching a lot of sex on television, or sexually based TV situations, causes teenagers to more likely be involved in pregnancies.

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Saturday, 18 October 2008 20:43

Depression in moms bad news for their children

Depressed mothers, whether they have natural or adopted children, increase the risk of depression in their children, according to a U.S. study. It's not all in the genes.
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 12:37

Ford not taking the mickey on teen driver safety, delivers MyKey

Think of MyKey as the ultimate car key to “parental control” in 2008, letting you set speed and audio volume limits for teen drivers among other safety features. It’s meant to deliver safer driving, improved fuel efficiency and increased parental peace of mind, while parents get their own key without the limitations.
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 20:10

Sleepy teens awake still hooked up to tech toys

An Australian study has shown that around 50% of third- and fourth-year high school students do not get enough sleep because they are too busy playing electronic games, watching TV, listening to music, and talking on the telephone. Obvious, yes, but its conclusions are still important!

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Friday, 03 October 2008 20:57

Australia finds teens aren't eating fruits and veggies

An Australian government/food industry survey has found that children in Australia eat a lot more fruits and vegetables than teenagers eat. However, the percentages aren't that good in either group.
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 00:13

Bad sleep for teens raises risk of high blood pressure

A U.S. research study has shown that adolescents who do not sleep enough and/or have poor quality sleep may be at increased risk for elevated blood pressure (what is called pre-hypertension) and, consequently, as adults may increase their risk of high blood pressure (hypertension) and other related medical problems.

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Monday, 23 June 2008 03:42

Google Earth helps teens party in other people's pools

A new craze driven by Google Earth and Facebook is keeping UK police forces  busy. Teenagers are locating houses with swimming pools and arranging illegal parties known as dips.

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