5 Things You Need to Know About Your Teens and Vaping
E-cigarettes are too new to fully understand their side effects, but we know they’re not good for your kids.
Adolescents, Lung Health, Smoking Cessation
E-cigarettes are too new to fully understand their side effects, but we know they’re not good for your kids.
Adolescents, Lung Health, Smoking Cessation
These tragedies are on the rise, but parents can play a role in saving lives.
Adolescents, Kids and Mental Health
Around age 11, children experience a major growth of neurons, or brain cells, that shifts which parts of the brain dominate behavior and decision-making. At this time, the prefrontal cortex, which controls behavior and decision-making, is growing but not yet mature, while the limbic system, which controls fear and pleasure, is becoming the most active…
Adolescents, Children's Health
Learn how health care providers help guide your child through adolescence.
Adolescents
With issues of sexual assault in the news, an adolescent health expert offers advice to parents on how to talk to their children.
Adolescents, Children's Health, Sexual Health
An expert in adolescent health and vaccines answers questions about this cancer-preventing immunization.
Adolescents, Sexual Health, Vaccines
Use summer vacation to shape your child’s long-term health.
Adolescents, Children's Health, Families
Teaching Boys It’s OK to Cry.
Adolescents, Children's Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine
Adolescents can be moody, but some behavior changes are cause for concern.
Adolescents, Children's Health, Families, Kids and Mental Health, Psychiatry
Less than 50 percent of surveyed teens found it ‘very believable’ that cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to a first-of-its-kind UNC School of Medicine study.
Adolescents, Smoking Cessation