by PediaBlog | Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
What looks like a flash drive, plugs into a computer’s USB port for charging, tastes like a caramel macchiato or a mango, produces a cloudy vapor suitable for blowing smoke rings, and packs a nicotine punch? Chances are your teenager knows that it is a...
by PediaBlog | Jun 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last year on The PediaBlog, we noted the following encouraging trends in teen behavior, even using the words “responsible” and “teenagers” in the same sentence: Tobacco and alcohol use. Both at historic low levels. (Smoking tobacco...
by PediaBlog | Jun 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
A large and important study published this week in Translational Psychiatry sheds some new light on a concerning and distressing disorder seen frequently in pediatric practice: teen depression. It’s been known for many years that more adult women suffer from...
by PediaBlog | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, what Molly Walker is saying makes sense: Young children who had an absent parent by the time they were 7 years old were linked with increased risks of smoking and alcohol consumption prior to their teenage years, data from a large cohort study in the...
by PediaBlog | Sep 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Earlier this year, we were encouraged by data showing that today’s teenagers aren’t making the same mistakes (or at least mistakes at the same rates) as their parents in terms of: Tobacco and alcohol use. Both at historic low levels. (Smoking tobacco...
