Some Teen Wellness Influencers Are Embracing Views in Line With the ‘MAHA’ Movement

The Instagram clip starts with a warning. “If you believe ‘ignorance is bliss,’” it says, “don’t watch this video.” As an influencer slices fruit on a cutting board, a series of provocative claims descend down the screen — about what she says is actually in peanut butter, vanilla flavoring and the rain, among other things. […]

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High School Students Reflect on Covid’s Impact, 5 Years After the Pandemic

By the fall of 2020, many of the seniors at Oakland Technical High School had become nocturnal. Already confined to their homes for half a year and desperate for fun, they stayed up all night. They were making TikToks, watching porn, playing Fortnite. In the monotony of the pandemic lockdown, “time didn’t matter, I suppose,” […]

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How to Cut Back on Kids’ Social Media After Surgeon General’s Announcement

The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday that he would push for a warning label on social media sites that says the platforms can harm the mental health of young people. When she heard the news, Jean Twenge, a research psychologist who has spent years warning about the risks of social media, […]

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Girls Are Starting Their Periods Earlier. Here’s Why That Matters.

A new study, published Wednesday, found that girls are starting their menstrual cycles earlier now than in previous decades. The trend is more pronounced for girls from minority groups and those from lower-income backgrounds. The findings add to growing evidence suggesting that some girls around the world are hitting puberty earlier in life — a […]

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Teen Drug Use Habits Are Changing, For the Good. With Caveats.

Historically speaking, it’s not a bad time to be the liver of a teenager. Or the lungs. Regular use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs among high school students has been on a long downward trend. In 2023, 46 percent of seniors said that they’d had a drink in the year before being interviewed; that is […]

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Hormonal Implants, A Once Unpopular Birth Control, Surge Among Teens

The hormonal implant, a long-acting reversible contraceptive, is an increasingly popular choice among teenagers, according to data published last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over 13 percent of sexually active teenage girls used the implant between 2015 and 2019, compared with 0.6 percent between 2006 and 2010. This represents the […]

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New York City Is Offering Free Online Therapy to Teens: Will It Work?

For the past month, New York City has been inviting teenagers to participate in one of the biggest experiments in the country aimed at helping struggling adolescents: a program offering free online therapy to all residents ages 13 to 17. The city has entered a three-year, $26 million contract with Talkspace, one of the largest […]

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New Drugs Can Fix Teenage Obesity, but Young People Don’t Get Them

Dr. Edward Lewis, a pediatrician in Rochester, N.Y., has seen hundreds of children with obesity over the years in his medical practice. He finally may have a treatment for their medical condition — the powerful weight loss drug Wegovy. But that does not mean Dr. Lewis is prescribing it. Nor are most other pediatricians. “I […]

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How Much Protein You Need As You Age

Most people in the United States get plenty of protein each day. But that’s not a reason to stop paying attention to it, experts say. Protein is essential for every function in your body, whether it’s building muscle, bone and collagen, digesting food or fighting infections, said Glenda Courtney-Martin, a nutrition scientist at the University […]

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How To Deal With Sexual Side Effects of SSRI Antidepressants

Antidepressants have long been among the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. Their popularity only grew at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when many people struggled with depression and anxiety. Some surveys have found a striking rise among adolescents, particularly teenage girls. For many people, the drugs can be lifesaving or can drastically […]

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The 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

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Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says.

A group of 41 states and the District of Columbia filed suit on Tuesday against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, contending that the company knowingly used features on its platforms to cause children to use them compulsively, even as the company said that its social media sites were safe for […]

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