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International Suicide Prevention Day: These are the suicide prevention helpline numbers in India

India has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. One of the leading reasons behind this is …

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The US government is cracking down on a wildly popular vape pen with 'scary' nicotine levels, which experts say targets teens

"After only a few months of using nicotine [these teens] describe cravings, sometimes intense ones.…

Erin Brodwin   


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Experts are calling out a vape pen with 'scary' nicotine levels that teens love - here's how it affects the brain

Chadi said young vapers may also be more likely to use other substances like alcohol and marijuana.…

Erin Brodwin   


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Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.

A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …

Julia Pugachevsky   


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A California teen is suing his school, alleging that he suffered brain damage in a football hazing ritual, reports say

The teen attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana and had signed on to the 2021 football program…

Bill Bostock   


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How does social media affect teenagers? Understanding the mental health impact — and why it's not all bad

Social media can affect teenagers negatively or positively, depending on how they use it. Here's ho…

Kelly Burch,Zlatin Ivanov   


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A study says teens are spending nearly all their waking hours staring at screens

The kids themselves estimate they're spending much less time looking at their screens. Another rela…

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The US Surgeon General just issued a rare advisory about e-cigs like the Juul - here's why vaping is so dangerous

Because of their runaway popularity, e-cigs could create a new generation of Americans hooked on ni…

Erin Brodwin   


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Teens spend over 6 hours in front of a screen every day

Common Sense Media is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that conducts a study of this scale every fiv…

Molly Mulshine   


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A 13-Year-Old Google Science Fair Finalist Has A Simple Idea To Stop Cyberbullying

Prabhu is one of 18 incredibly intelligent teenagers who made it to this year's finals. Google will…

Jillian D'Onfro   


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Jaden Smith says he took magic mushrooms as a young adult. Brain experts who study psychedelics warn that wasn't a good idea.

Jaden Smith's brain may have still been developing when he took magic mushrooms. Neuroscientists wa…

Adam Barnes   


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New Analysis Suggests Pot Doesn't Lower Teens' IQ

These kids with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to be put into intellectually challengin…

Jennifer Welsh   


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Scientists are starting to learn how e-cigs like the Juul can impact your health - and the results are troubling

Researchers took a look at the compounds in several popular brands of e-cigs (not the Juul) this sp…

Erin Brodwin   


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The science behind why staring at a screen all day can be bad for you

Usually, our cortex gets thinner as we mature. But these kids had thinner cortices earlier than oth…

David Anderson,Rebecca Wilkin   


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I'm a college-admissions expert and father. Here's how I'm ensuring my children are set up for college.

As a college-admissions expert, I'm making sure my kids aren't just chasing achievements and are cu…

Steve Gardner   


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Italy orders an age block on TikTok after a 10-year-old girl accidentally died taking part in a viral choking challenge

The 10-year-old from Palermo, Sicily, was discovered on Wednesday in the family bathroom with her c…

Sophia Ankel   


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A 13-year-old girl was misdiagnosed with anxiety. She actually had a rare form of brain inflammation.

Lili Manzo was eventually diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, a rare condition where the immune…

Andrea Michelson   


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My teenager has ADHD. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between teen behavior and his condition.

My son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 7. Now that he's a teenager, it's hard to tell what is h…

Mike Julianelle   


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Harsh parenting may stunt children's brain growth, study suggests

In a recent study, kids exposed to harsh parenting had less gray matter in their prefrontal cortex …

Kelly Burch   


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Cancer death rates among two key groups are declining

And along with that, brain cancer is now the most common cause of cancer-related deaths, taking ove…

Lydia Ramsey