teens
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Steven Universe Has A Neck Now Because The Movie Is Set 2 Years In The Future
When Cartoon Network announced there’d be new details about the upcoming Steven Universe movie at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the thing most everyone immediately latched onto about the new character art was a small, but very significant update to Steven’s appearance that someone unfamiliar with the series might have missed. Look at that boy’s…
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Teens And Young Adults Are More Depressed Now Than In The Mid-2000s
Teens and young adults are in the midst of a unique mental health crisis, suggests a new study out Thursday. It found that rates of depressive episodes and serious psychological distress have dramatically risen among these age groups in recent years, while hardly budging or even declining for older age groups.
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Wisdom Tooth Surgery A Gateway To Teen Opioid Addiction, Study Finds
A common rite of passage—having your wisdom teeth pulled—might be raising the risk of teens and young adults becoming addicted to opioids, a new study out Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests Youngsters who are prescribed opioids by their dentist, often for wisdom tooth extractions, are more likely to abuse opioids within a year’s time…
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Vape Flavours Are Sketchy AF, Yet Another Study Finds
The growing appeal of e-cigarettes, particularly among teens in the U.S., has often been attributed to the assortment of sweet and fruity flavored vaping fluids—flavours that traditional tobacco cigarettes have long been barred from including. But in addition to making vaping more appealing, these flavoring chemicals may be harmful to health in their own right,…