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During 2011-2012, the percentage of students in grades 6 to 12 who ever used electronic or e-cigarettes doubled from 3.3% to 6.8%, meaning that as of 2012, an estimated 1.78 million middle and high school students have at least tried the largely unregulated devices, according to results from the National Youth Tobacco Survey. » More
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Almost 40% of adults (and not just parents) across the United States rate obesity as their number 1 health concern for today's children, according to the 7th annual National Poll on Children's Health conducted by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. » More
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Naim Alkhouri, MD, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital and Digestive Disease Institute, talked to Contemporary Pediatrics about the rising prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children and adolescents. » More with video
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The birth rate for teenagers in the United States continued to fall in 2012, reaching 29.4 births per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19 years, which represents a 6% decrease from 2011 and a historic low for the nation, according to the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. » More
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A recent survey shows that physicians mention the importance of sunscreen least often to children. In fact, the survey indicates that physicians aren't mentioning sunscreen that much to anyone, but when they do, it's most often to white patients in their eighties and not to kids or teenagers. » More
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