Adolescent Health & Youth Development – The Adolescent Health and Youth Development Program—commonly known as “Plain Talk”—was formed to empower the community to tackle the problems surrounding teen pregnancy through intervention and education.

 

Smoking initiates osteoporosis in girl's teen years new study shows

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… the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, reported the first long term study of the affects of smoking in teenage girls and the developments of osteoporosis in the Journal of Adolescent Health on December …
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Smoking, Depression Tied to Lower Bone Accrual in Teen Girls

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4 (HealthDay News) — Depression and smoking appear to have a negative impact on bone accrual in adolescent girls, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in the Journal of Adolescent Health. To examine the impact of depression, anxiety, smoking, …
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