December 3, 2012
News Clips
- New HIV Infections Highest Among Urban Gay, Bisexual Men: CDC
The war against HIV/AIDS is far from over, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, with gay and bisexual men in urban centers accounting for most new infections in the United States. Nearly 29,000 new cases of HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, were attributed to gay and bisexual males in 2010, and 82 percent of those cases occurred in large cities, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Medline Plus
November 29, 2012 - ‘Twilight’ shows divide between girls and boys
How does “Twilight” affect adolescent viewers? Why do most young men react to it more negatively than young women?
San Antonio News, December 2, 2012 - IU study: Lower grades among depressed youths linked to behavior problems
Behavior problems, not depression, are linked to lower grades for depressed adolescents, according to an Indiana University study published in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Indiana.edu
Science Daily
November 29, 2012 - Boys born with undescended testicle at higher cancer risk
Boys who are born with an undescended testicle, a condition known as cryptorchidism, are at increased risk of developing testicular cancer later in life, a new report suggests.
NBC News
November 28, 2012 - The Information Void: Boys, Parents and Porn
Boys want to know about sex and sexuality. Although we often act as if boys already know it all, they are not born with extensive knowledge of sex or sexuality.
Huffington Post
November 26, 2012 - Bad Bounce
They can put the “bounce” into a birthday party but new research suggests those big, inflatable bounce houses are bad news. A study, in the current issue of Pediatrics, tracked the history of bounce-house related injuries from 1990 to 2010. During that time period, nearly 65-thousand children were treated in emergency rooms across the country after being hurt in inflatables.
Medline Plus
November 26, 2012 - Cardiac Screening for All Young Athletes Carries Big Price Tag: Study
A new study suggests it would be wildly expensive — more than $10 million per life saved — to require American high school and college athletes to undergo heart testing to weed out those at risk for fatal cardiac complications from playing sports
Medline Plus
November 26, 2012 - 1 in 4 in U.S. Starts Drinking Before Turning 21: Report
Six of the top 10 states for underage drinking are in the Northeast, analysis finds underage drinking in the United States remains a serious public health issue, a new federal government report shows.
Medline Plus
November 26, 2012 - Happiness Pays
If you’re a happy teenager, will you wind up a wealthier adult? Seems so. A new study out of London finds that the happier, and more satisfied you are in your teens and early 20’s, the more money you’ll make years down the road.
Medline Plus
November 20, 2012 - Underage drinking still serious problem in all states according to new national report
More than a quarter of the American population who are too young to drink are doing so anyway according to a new report issued today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
samhsa.gov
November 10, 2012
Research
- A Sex Difference in the Predisposition for Physical Competition: Males Play Sports Much More than Females Even in the Contemporary U.S
“We conducted three studies to test whether organized school sports participation data underestimate the actual sex difference in sports participation……Therefore, although efforts to ensure more equitable access to sports in the U.S. (i.e., Title IX) have produced many benefits, patterns of sports participation do not challenge the hypothesis of a large sex difference in interest and participation in physical competition.”
Plos One
November 14, 2012 - Pediatric Providers’ Self-Reported Knowledge, Practices, and Attitudes About Concussion.
Center for Injury Research and Prevention. Pediatrics
November 12, 2012
Reports
- Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Adolescents
Child Trends
November 30, 2012- Tobacco Report
- Alcohol Report
- HIV Among Youth in the US
Centers for Disease Control
November 2012 - National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVII: Teens
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
Columbia University
August 2012 - WHAT WORKS FOR MALE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
While both males and females experience difficulties, there are certain risk factors to which males are more susceptible.
Child Trends
August 2012
International News
CANADA
- Male mentors in high demand: wait is 2 to 4 years
The challenge? Busy lives. These days everyone seems to be moving at such a fast pace we rarely stop to remember what is important to us. Connection with others.
Canada.com
November 30, 2012
PAKISTAN
- Pakistan police: 3 boys arrested on way to suicide bomb training
Three boys ages 12 to 14, who were allegedly due to be trained as suicide bombers, were arrested with their suspected handler in northwest Pakistan, authorities said Thursday.
CNN
November 28, 2012
SWEDEN
- Up is Down and Girls are Boys: Swedish Toy Ad Flips the Script on Christmas
Top Toy — which holds the franchise for Toys “R” Us in Sweden — has released its Christmas catalogue and it features boys playing with dolls and girls playing with guns.
Gawker.com
November 26, 2012