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  • Study: Teen Access To Plan B Uneven

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 30, 2012
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    Since 2009 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has mandated that Plan B and other emergency contraceptives be available without a prescription to women age 17 and up. In reality, a new study suggests, a 17-year-old's access to these drugs can be u...

  • Head Injuries Are Most Common Injury in Teen Crashes

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 30, 2012
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    According to a new teen driver safety report released Thursday by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm®, from among more than 55,000 teen drivers and their passengers seriously injured each year in 2009 and 2010, 30 perce...

  • Maryland Teen Threatened Suicide on Reddit If School Doesn't Stop Cyber Bullying

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 20, 2012
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    A Maryland teenager who identified herself only as Sarah was so frustrated with what she said was her high school's nonchalant attitude towards her reports of bullying that she went online and threatened suicide if the school didn't do something abou...

  • Teens Are Text-Crazed, 23% Own Smartphones

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 20, 2012
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    The love affair between teens and texting is deeper than ever. New findings from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project show that 63% of U.S. teens were text-messaging daily as of July 2011, up from 54% in Sept...

  • Fatal Shooting of Florida Teen Turned Over to State Attorney

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 15, 2012
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    A case involving the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teen, which has sparked outrage and calls for justice, is in the hands of the state attorney's office.
    Police say Trayvon Martin, 17, was returning from the convenience store to the home of h...

  • Surgeon General: 1 in 4 High School Seniors Smokes

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 8, 2012
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    Despite decades of anti-smoking education, one in four U.S. high school seniors still smokes. And three in four high school smokers continue to smoke as adults, according to a new report from the U.S. Surgeon General.
    "The addictive power of nicotin...

  • Miami Valedictorian Could Be Deported to Columbia

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 15, 2012
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    North Miami High School senior Daniela Palaez has a 6.7 GPA, the valedictory nod from her classmates, a brother in the U.S. Army and deportation papers to Colombia.
    In a hearing on Monday a federal immigration judge ordered the 18-year-old Palaez, i...

  • Teen Girl Dies After Inhaling Helium at Party

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • February 23, 2012
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    Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, she piled into a car with a bunch of her friends and rode to a condo in Med...

  • Surgeon Gave Teen Daughter Breast Implants

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • February 23, 2012
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    A California plastic surgeon is keeping it in the family by performing multiple cosmetic procedures on his own young daughters.
    Dr. Michael Niccole, founder of the CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Center in Newport Beach, Calif., gave his daugh...

  • South Korea Introduces Yet Another Law to Curb Gaming Skills

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • February 16, 2012
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    The South Korean government is considering another law to further curb rampant game playing and Internet addiction among its youth. Dubbed the "Cooling Off" system, it aims to regulate the amount of time a student get to spend with video games in a 2...