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The teen smoking rate in Florida is at a record low, according to a new national report. As the Orlando Sentinel reports, the national rate is 15.8…
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Twenty percent of high school seniors say they binge drink, with 6 percent consuming 15 drinks or more in a row. This extreme binge drinking accounts for high rates of emergency room visits by teen drinkers, researchers say, and poses a health risk that until now hasn't been adequately measured.
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New, young drivers are much more likely to have an accident if they're short on sleep, researchers say. And teenage drivers are far more impaired than adults when facing an equivalent lack of sleep.
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The American Psychiatric Association is for the first time identifying non-suicidal self-harm as a diagnosis, the Tampa Tribune reports. Mental Health…
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Josh Vogel, 17, has sculpted his body into something worthy of a weightlifting magazine cover. Experts on nutrition who are more accustomed to chiding…