Threats of Suicide Must Never Be Ignored
Sunday November 23, 2008
There are few certainties in life. There are only a few times when the answer to a question is clear. What happened recently with a teen who committed ... Read More
"Abandoning" Your Teen: Teens and Safe Haven Laws
Thursday November 13, 2008
Once Nebraska's vaguely-worded "Safe Haven" law passed, parents began to drop off their teenagers at local hospitals. Now that 30 children have been abandoned (most of them over ... Read More
Reading Yourself Thin?
Tuesday November 11, 2008
Could your teen lose weight just by sitting down and picking up a book? A new study from Duke Children's Hospital thinks so.
The Duke study found that the 31 ... Read More
Mom=Patient at the Pediatrician's Office?
Tuesday November 4, 2008
A study at the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research (CeASAR) at Children's Hospital Boston looked at parents who came to their teen's health care appointment. Sound strange? ... Read More