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Health: Library - 01 November 2007
Highly addictive, methamphetamines such as speed and ice can cause long-term physical and mental health problems.
Health: Library - 09 December 2004
Many of us are anxious about our weight, but for people with eating disorders, dieting becomes dysfunctional, even dangerous.
Health: Library - 26 June 2003
Acne is often a distressing part of adolescence and in extreme cases can go on into adulthood, but there are ways to help prevent and treat the condition.
Health: Library - 22 August 2002
Cannabis is a plant that grows in warm conditions. The drug is usually ingested into the body by smoking the dried leaves of the plant (marijuana), or the resin (hashish, or hash).
Health: The Pulse - 11 September 2008
Do your legs itch and twitch at night? You've probably got restless legs syndrome, a mysterious condition that plagues one in 10 people.
Health: The Pulse - 26 June 2008
Kids with high levels of confidence and self-control are more likely to be healthy in adulthood, say UK researchers.
Health: The Pulse - 22 November 2007
Gory films and TV programs are pulling in audiences. But violence on the screen can have lasting effects, especially on kids and adolescents.
Health Minutes - 30 October 2007
Drinking in adolescence is not a harmless rite of passage. A UK study has found that binge drinking at 16 has long-term consequences.
Health Minutes - 15 June 2007
Lavender and tea tree oils can simulate the effects of oestrogen and cause breast enlargement in boys.
Health Minutes - 27 March 2007
Lavender and tea tree oils can simulate the effects of oestrogen and cause breast enlargement in boys.
Health: The Pulse - 08 February 2007
Most kids settle in to the beginning of the new school year, but some get anxious and tearful. How can parents help?
Health: The Pulse - 07 December 2006
Fatalities involving young drivers have jumped in NSW. One solution might be for teens to agree to a written contract with parents setting out rules for safe driving.
Health: The Pulse - 31 August 2006
Teenage girls are sensitive about their body image. Criticising their weight puts them at risk of developing an eating disorder, say US researchers.
Health: The Pulse - 08 June 2006
Pedestrian accidents are the leading cause of death among one to 14-year-olds in Australia, say researchers - and we need to get the numbers down.
Health Minutes - 12 September 2005
A study which looked at the effects of exercise on fatness in adolescent girls found that activity dropped in adolescence, leading to increased levels of overweight and obesity.
Health: The Pulse - 01 June 2005
Acne wonder-drug isotretinoin has been linked to depression and suicide - but a study suggests the dangers have been overstated.
Health Minutes - 14 December 2004
Australian research has found that girls given oestrogen around the time of puberty to reduce their adult height may have lower fertility.
Health Minutes - 23 November 2004
Cervical cancer - cancer of the neck of the womb - is caused by the sexually transmissible Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Trials of a recent HPV vaccine shows the vaccine protects against HPV - though it's not known whether this translates into lower rates of cervical cancer.
Health Minutes - 25 August 2004
A study that looked at the prevalence of deliberate self harm among high school students found that six per cent had tried to harm themselves in the previous year with girls were more likely to harm themselves than boys.
Health Minutes - 04 August 2004
The jury is still out on whether lasers are an effective treatment for acne.
Health Minutes - 04 August 2004
How come when almost all teenagers gorge themselves on fast food, not all of them become fat?
Health Minutes - 27 May 2004
Governments love spending money on drug education for adolescents in schools, but does it work? New research suggests it must be done carefully, non-judgmentally and tailored to the real world of adolescents in order to reduce consumption.
Health Minutes - 20 May 2004
For around 900 days from 1941, Leningrad was under siege by Hitler's armies. Hundreds of thousands of people died, many from starvation. Now 60 odd years later, studies of the survivors may illuminate risks from such problems as anorexia nervosa.
Health Minutes - 11 November 2003
One way of assessing the state of a person's risk of heart disease is to do an ultrasound of the carotid arteries in the neck, which are thicker in someone who has arterial disease. A US study measured the carotid arteries of people in their 20s and 30s and compared the results to risk factor levels for artery disease they had when they were kids. The more risk factors they had as kids, the thicker their arteries were in their 20s and 30s.
Health Minutes - 15 September 2003
A review of medical studies looking at aromatherapy found little or no real therapeutic benefit to using scented oils, but some old-age carers find it useful and it probably does no harm.
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