NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Within 2 years of having sex for the first time, half of teenage girls may be at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to results of a study published today. Often, those girls are in
KHARTOUM - A 16-year-old south Sudanese girl was lashed 50 times after a judge ruled her knee-length skirt was indecent, her lawyer and family said in the latest case to push Sudan's Islamic law into the spotlight. The mother of teenager Silva Kash
LONDON - A teenager was on Monday to face court over the mutilation and murder of a 28-year-old Asian mother who was brutally attacked and left to die on a street in west London last week. Geeta Aulakh, a receptionist and mother of two young boys,
ORLANDO, Fla. - Breanna McMahon was just beginning her senior season andhoping to play soccer in college when the accident happened.It was at a car-wash fundraiser for her club team in September that an SUVaccidentally pinned her against a brick wa
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds. Using government survey data collected between 1991 and 2007, r
You don't have to spend much time with teenagers to know that the average adolescent would rather devote an afternoon to sitting in front of the TV, computer or video-game console than working out in a gym. And in recent years, as physical-education
/ABC News In a study presented today at the in Philadelphia, teen sports may be associated with risky behavior. Researchers examined survey responses from 13,000 high school students concerning unhealthy behaviors such as engaging in , and as wel
LONDON - A homeless man was on Wednesday charged with the kidnap and manslaughter of a 17-year-old girl whom he met on social networking site Facebook. Durham police found the body of Ashleigh Hall on Monday in a ditch near Sedgefield, some 12 mile
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