Persistent Tobacco Smoking from Childhood May Cause Heart Damage by the Mid-Twenties Dec. 11, 2024 — The majority of children who started smoking tobacco at age 10 years or in their later teens ...

For more than 30 years, the California Science Center has worked to build a pathway for local teens to pursue careers in ...

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Novel research shows that a reduced neural response to receiving rewards in teens predicts the first onset of depression, but not anxiety or suicidality. This is independent of pre-existing depressive ...

About 67% of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 ...

Nearly three-quarters said they visit YouTube every day. There was a slight downward trend in several popular apps teens used. For instance, 63% of teens said they used TikTok, down from 67% and ...