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Adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can be identified using psycholog
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): A new study reports on three key factors -- low conscientiousness, high avoidance, and parent's substance abuse history -- found amongst adolescents that could be used to predict the first occurrence of nonsuicidal self-harm, over a three year period.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launches 'Suposhit Maa Abhiyan' in Kota
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday launched "Suposhit Maa Abhiyan" to provide nutritional support to pregnant women and adolescent girls.
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Art therapy can ease stress in teen girls
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): Stressed at school? Art-based mindfulness activities could reduce headaches, a common side effect of stress in adolescent girls, reveals a new study.
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Girls prone to injuring selves more affected by social media feedback, cla
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 17 (ANI): A recent study has found that young girls who have a tendency to injure themselves (nonsuicidal self-injury) feel that they receive more negative feedback on social media than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to "thumbs down" responses, comp
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Girls with early puberty may develop migraine: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): Adolescent girls who attain early puberty may also have a greater chance of developing migraine headaches, suggest researchers.
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MP: Water woes continue in Betul, girls forced to miss out on school
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Betul (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): With the onset of summer, the water crisis has returned to haunt the people of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh. The situation has worsened as the region has received scanty rainfall so far. The repercussions are so grave that the adolescent g
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Can pelvic exams help diagnose STDs in girls?
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 4 (ANI): Pelvic exams do not help in diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescent girls, according to a study.
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Boys 'more active' than girls
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jun 12 (ANI): Adolescent girls and young women are less likely to be physically active than their male peers, according to a recent study.
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Awareness about sexual, reproductive health must to avoid diseases
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Studies suggest that Indian adolescents and youth do not receive relevant information on sexual matters from reliable sources. Apart from this, only 26% of adolescent girls know that a condom should be used only once, and only 34% understood that oral contrac
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ICDS including Anganwadi services extend till Nov. 20, 2018
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.16 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given a nod to the extension of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), which includes Anganwadi services and others till November 30, 2018 from April 1, 2017.
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One in four teen girls at increased risk of depression: Study
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 22 (ANI): A team of Briton researchers has recently found that one in four adolescent girls, especially poor, are at an increased risk of depression.
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Cabinet meeting: Nutrition value of adolescent girls, pregnant, lactating
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Cabinet has approved an increase in cost norms for Supplementary Nutrition, provided in Anganwadi and in scheme for Adolescent girls (out of school and are 11-14 years), under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development (ICDs) Scheme, on Wednesday.
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