Teens Tag

Program Cuts Opioid Use in Teens After Spinal Surgery for Scoliosis

MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An intervention that involves preoperative patient education and smaller prescription quantity successfully reduces opioid use while maintaining pain control following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent id…

Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse

MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Taking part in certain sports in high school may lead to misuse of prescription stimulants in the years after graduation, a new study finds.It reported that high school seniors who play contact sports are 50% …

Flavored Nontobacco Oral Nicotine Products Widely Used by Teens

THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Flavored nontobacco oral nicotine products are the second most widely used nicotine product type among adolescents, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Pediatrics.

Alyssa F. Harlow, Ph.D., from…

Los adolescentes adictos a la nicotina rechazan el vapeo, y recurren a los dulces y chicles

LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los adolescentes recurren cada vez más a los chicles, grajeas y gominolas que contienen nicotina para obtener una estimulación rápida, advierte un histórico estudio.Los productos orales de nicotina sin ta…

Turning Away From Vaping, Nicotine-Addicted Teens Choose Candy, Gums

MONDAY, Aug. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Teens increasingly are turning to nicotine-loaded gum, lozenges and gummies for a quick rush, a groundbreaking study warns.Tobacco-free oral nicotine products were the second-most commonly used nicotine or toba…

El ‘contagio social’ no provoca que los adolescentes se vuelvan trans, encuentra un estudio

JUEVES, 4 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una teoría del “contagio social” que sugiere que los adolescentes, en particular las chicas, están siendo influidos por sus pares para que se conviertan en transgénero no tiene ningún fundamento, encuent…

El ‘contagio social’ no provoca que los adolescentes se vuelvan trans, encuentra un estudio

JUEVES, 4 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una teoría del “contagio social” que sugiere que los adolescentes, en particular las chicas, están siendo influidos por sus pares para que se conviertan en transgénero no tiene ningún fundamento, encuent…

Post-COVID-19 Symptoms, Conditions ID’d in U.S. Children

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Postinfection symptoms and conditions with elevated adjusted hazard ratios among children and adolescents with versus without COVID-19 are described in a report published in the Aug. 5 issue of the U.S. Ce…

‘Social Contagion’ Isn’t Causing Adolescents to Become Trans, Study Finds

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – A “social contagion” theory that suggests teens, and girls in particular, are being influenced by their peers to become transgender is baseless, a new study finds.“The hypothesis that transgender and gender-di…

E-Cigarette Use Tied to Future Cannabis Use in Teens

FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is a strong individual-level association between adolescent electronic cigarette use and subsequent cannabis use, according to a study published online July 22 in JAMA Network Open.

Ruoyan Sun, Ph.D….