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 The adolescent
child's health has its own set of concerns, both physical
and emotional. We at Mid-Ohio Pediatrics hope that the
following articles and links will be helpful in finding
information about various topics that are of interest to
teens and their parents.
  Teenagers
whose parents consistently set rules and monitor their
children's behavior are less likely than average teenagers
to smoke and use alcohol and other drugs, according to a
new study.
Researchers at
the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
(CASA) at Columbia University in New York conducted a
telephone survey of 1,000 randomly selected youth ages 12
to 17 during October and November 2000. Read
more from the Mayo Clinic site
Acne
is caused by plugged pores and bacteria in the skin. Oil
from glands combines with dead skin to plug the pores,
also called follicles. Follicles bulge, producing pimples
and other types of blemishes: Read
more about acne.
Mid-Ohio
Pediatrics & Adolescents is seeing more and more cases
of Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD, among young
children and adolescents. If you feel your child has an
attention deficit disorder of some type, our physicians
and professional medical staff can help. Read
about ADD
AMA
Adolescent Health Online
The American Medical Association's Web site for adolescent
topics and health issues.
iEmily.com:
a Web site about Health Just for Girls!
Emily Davison, a 12-year-old
seventh grader at the Trinity School in Manhattan, used to think she was
overweight. Recently, she changed her mind. Emily didn't lose a
single pound to change her attitude. She went online and consulted
iEmily, a
new site devoted to helping teenage girls — and not
just ones named Emily — get answers to questions about physical and
mental health. After reading articles on the site about
healthy weight and body image, Emily realized she wasn't fat after
all.
"I read some of the articles about
how a lot of girls who think
they're overweight aren't. Now I
feel more comfortable about my
weight," said Emily, who
said she visited the site (www.iEmily.com)
for at least 30 minutes daily to
get information about nutrition
and fitness and to find solace
from the stress she says she feels
at school. A private company,
iEmily is based in Boston and carries
no advertising. Emily said that,
up to now, she had not had any health education
at school and, she admits, she has a lot of
questions that need
answering. She said she could ask
her mother about "lot of things,"
but there are some things she is
too embarrassed to ask. Emily is
not unlike thousands of other
adolescents, both boys and girls, who
are turning for answers to their
health questions to Web sites
focused on teenage health and
written by medical professionals with
a view to providing balanced,
factual information.
teengrowth.com: the Web site for the Pediatric
Health Alliance, a group practice in Florida.
kidshealth.org:
Nice source for information about topics re;ating to all
stages of a child's growth. ections for parents,
children, and a new section for teens.
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