New HIV study identifies high-risk subgroups of adolescents
A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and Brown Medical School unveils profiles of adolescents at the greatest risk for HIV. Amongst a group of high-risk teens, researchers found that those at highest risk for the disease (those who engaged in the most unprotected sex acts) were mostly white males with mental health problems. Prior studies have found that risky sex...The Reason For Depression in Adolescents
A new study shows the reason some adolescents experience depression could be abnormal brain structure.// The study states depressed teenagers tend to have a smaller hippocampus -- the part of the brain responsible for memory, learning, emotion and motivation. Researchers sampled nearly 30 adolescents between ages 13 to 18, half of who had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder.Mag...Abnormal Brain Structure One Of The Reasons For Depression in Adolescents
A new study shows the reason some adolescents experience depression could be abnormal brain structure.// The study states depressed teenagers tend to have a smaller hippocampus -- the part of the brain responsible for memory, learning, emotion and motivation. Researchers sampled nearly 30 adolescents between ages 13 to 18, half of who had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder.Mag...The Reason For Depression in Adolescents
A new study shows the reason some adolescents experience depression could be abnormal brain structure.// Researchers sampled nearly 30 adolescents between ages 13 to 18, half of who had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed to measure the volume of each teen’s left and right hippocampus. The results indicated that the hippocampus of pati...Adolescents Who Walk To School Are Fitter, More Active
Adolescent school-going children who regularly walk to school are more physically fit than their counterparts who travel to school in buses, cars or trains. // The study, published online by the BMJ today, suggests that how children travel to and from school seems to affect overall physical activity. Understanding these findings is important for promoting healthy school and transport...Carnitine deficiency in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Carnitine is essential for the lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, and is known to increase the sensitivity of the cells to insulin.// The use of glucose by the peripheral tissues and proper metabolic control in Type 1 diabetes has potential impact on long-term complications. In diabetes, the metabolism of carbohydrate and fat is abnormal and an association between the proper metabolic c...Investigational Study Evaluates the Effectiveness of Aripiprazole in Adolescents With Schizophrenia
- Findings from an Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. Sponsored StudyPresented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting - SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- In a six-week study inadolescents (13- 17 years old) with schizophrenia, the OtsukaPharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company atypicalantipsychotic aripiprazole demonstrated significant improvementcompare...