How teenagers perceive their appearance, including their body image, can have significant impacts on health and wellness. Prior body image research has shown that people with negative body image are more likely to develop eating disorders and are more likely to suffer from depression and low self-esteem. Now, Virginia Ramseyer Winter, a body image expert and an assistant professor in the University of Missouri's School of Social Work, found negative body image also is associa

Repeated binge drinking during adolescence can affect brain functions in future generations, potentially putting offspring at risk for such conditions as depression, anxiety, and metabolic disorders, a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study has found. "Adolescent binge drinking not only is dangerous to the brain development of teenagers, but also may impact the brains of their children," said senior author Toni R. Pak, PhD, an associate professor in the De

In the public schools of Akron, Ohio, there are defibrillators for heart attacks, fire extinguishers for flames and Ibuprofen bottles in the nurses’ offices for aches and pains. And now, in a grim and eye-opening turn, the city’s six high schools and nine middle schools will carry the medication naloxone for opioid overdoses. This week, the Akron Board of Education voted 5-1 to equip all the Akron school district’s resource officers with the medication, known by the brand nam

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