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Namibia to start vaccinating teens against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Windhoek [Namibia], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Namibia will start administering the COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents aged between 12 and 17, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said Friday.
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Study explores how homeschooling affects adolescents' character, health, w
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): Compared to peers at public schools, adolescents who are homeschooled are more likely to report greater character strengths and fewer risky health behaviours later in life, but are less likely to attain a college degree.
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Study finds potatoes not linked to elevated heart health risk factors amon
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): A new study has found that 9-17-year-old girls who consumed up to one cup of potatoes daily had no increased risk of becoming overweight or developing high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, or impaired fasting glucose.
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ICC and UNICEF partner to help break stigma around mental health
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], October 15 (ANI): The ICC and UNICEF have partnered to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing amongst children and adolescents and encourage greater conversation and understanding of it throughout the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 beginning on Sunday.
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Parents' health conditions - responsible for ASD?
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI/PNN): A study has revealed a link between parents' health conditions and high imminence and exactingness of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), and noticed low-lying-sightedness, conduct, and brain expertise, in children and adolescent grown-ups.
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Study suggests adolescents from less well-off families more likely to skip
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): Breakfast, which is known to be extremely important, especially during periods of growth and learning, such as adolescence because it's the first meal of the day and hence vital for providing the energy needed to start the school day. Nevertheless, a high p
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Psychiatric disorders in teenage years linked to social exclusion later: S
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], October 11 (ANI): A birth cohort study of people born in Finland in 1987 has found that adolescents who had received a mental health disorder diagnosis were often excluded from the labour market and education as young adults. This particularly applied to adolescents who h
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Aerobic exercise after sport-related concussion speeds recovery in adolesc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): According to a new University at Buffalo study, adolescents can speed their recovery after a sport-related concussion and reduce their risk of experiencing protracted recovery if they engage in aerobic exercise within 10 days of getting injured.
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Portugal vaccinated 85 per cent of its population against COVID-19: offici
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lisbon [ Portugal], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal has completed the vaccination of 85 per cent of its population against COVID-19, the country's Director-General of Health Graca Freitas said on Saturday.
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Aerobic exercise after sport-related concussion speeds recovery in adolesc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): According to a University at Buffalo study, adolescents can speed their recovery after a sport-related concussion and reduce their risk of experiencing protracted recovery if they engage in aerobic exercise within 10 days of getting injured.
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Helping teens with disabilities prevent and treat depression, anxiety
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 3 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago recently revealed that teens with disabilities are up to five times more likely to suffer from mental, emotional and behavioural health disorders than adolescents without disabilities.
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Morality demonstrated in stories influence early adolescents: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): A new study has looked at how exposure to media content featuring specific moral values (care, fairness, loyalty and authority) might influence the weight kids place on those values.
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