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Insufficient sleep in teenagers is associated with overweight and obesity:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep,according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics in
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Staggering backsliding across Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health
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New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI/PNN): A new UN report, titled Protect the Promise, shows that women's and children's health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people
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Setting sleep schedule can help adolescents get more sleep: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): According to the National Sleep Foundation and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, most adolescents get less than eight, especially on school nights, even though they need eight to 10 hours of sleep per night to maintain physical health, emotional well-b
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Study suggests how setting a sleep schedule can help adolescents get more
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): Teens may experience disrupted sleep, daytime fatigue, and changes in mood and focus when adjusting to a new sleep schedule at the start of the school year.
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In young women, combined oral contraceptives don't raise risk of macromast
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], September 29 (ANI): A study published in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, found that combined oral contraceptives (COCs) containing both oestrogen and progestin do not contrib
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Research: Diabetic teens should be screened for depression with caution
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Florida [US], September 18 (ANI): In order to more effectively identify depression in teenagers with Type 1 diabetes mellitus, a new study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care recommended that the score findings of widely used depression-screening techniques b
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Study: Teens with diabetes should be screened for depression with greater
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Jacksonville (Florida) [US], September 15 (ANI): According to a recent study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care, the score results of commonly used depression-screening methods should be carefully altered to better detect the illness in teenagers with Type 1
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If left untreated, anterior cruciate ligament injury can be debilitating
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [United States], September 9 (ANI): According to a study, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, a form of a knee injury that occurs most often during sports, is growing more common in children and teenagers. When surgery is advised for adolescents and teenagers with ACL injur
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Research finds Facebook, Instagram addiction in adolescents associated wit
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): According to research, adolescents from deprived backgrounds are more likely to report an addiction to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media.
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Study reveals that arterial stiffness increases blood pressure in adolesce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kuopio [Finland], September 4 (ANI): In the young population, arterial stiffness, a new risk factor for hypertension, raises blood pressure indirectly through an increase in insulin resistance but not through an increase in body fat.
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Study: Lack of sleep might lead to overweight, obesity
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 28 (ANI): Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours at night are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who get enough sleep, according to a study. Shorter sleepers are also more likely to have a combination of other negative characteristics, such as
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Do you know lack of sleep is linked with overweight and obesity? Study sug
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 24 (ANI): According to a study, adolescents who sleep less than eight hours per night are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who get enough sleep. Shorter sleepers are also more likely to have a mix of other undesirable traits such as abdominal o
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