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Since I was a young adolescent, I have loved the Peanuts Gang. The first installment of Charles Schultz's classic Peanuts Comic Strip on the television was "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which first aired in 1965.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A network of mental health professionals wrote a new clinical guide for adolescents struggling with gender dysphoria, offering an “exploratory” alternative to “affirming” a minor’s chosen transgender identity.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 10:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As part of a shared commitment to behavioral health and the well-being of children and families, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and UNC Health will partner to convert the R.J. Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Butner, N.C.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 2:09 am
By: ENC NOW
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Chest reconstruction surgeries performed on minors across the United States increased by approximately 400% during a three-year span, according to a new report.
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2022 @ 8:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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ECU medical student research highlights rural adolescent physical activity, health disparities
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Or possibly, you may question your sanity as to why you just spent 115 minutes of your precious time to wade through some fairly disturbing images, just to catch up on what passes for a preadolescent monster posing as an innocent, precociously wise and complex character study of a "girl gone wild."
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 6:02 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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The World Health Organization’s top scientist said during a media briefing on Tuesday that there is no evidence that healthy children and adolescents need booster shots and that the goal needs to be protecting specific vulnerable populations.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 5:39 am
By: Daily Wire
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As I pondered what to write about for Christmas, I mentally thumbed through previous columns on Christmas music, Christmas cats, and Christmas trips.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. toured Chapel Hill Pediatrics and Adolescents, P.A. in Orange County to see their operations to vaccinate children ages 5-11.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 4:02 am
By: Governor's Office
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The new program, funded by The Duke Endowment, will be led by FHLI’s Center for Excellence for Integrated Care team
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 8:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed July Adolescent Immunization Awareness Month to highlight the importance of immunizations for North Carolina’s preteens and teens.
Published: Friday, July 30th, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A stack of studies chronicles worrisome trends in adolescent mental health. Over a decade, youth depression has increased significantly.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 3:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two years ago, East Carolina University psychiatrist Vivek Anand documented adolescent use of and opinions on electronic cigarettes
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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While making your family's back-to-school checklist, don't forget to make sure your preteens and teenagers are current on their vaccinations
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 5:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's tough to be an adolescent. It was ever thus. A century ago, psychologist Stanley Hall characterized adolescence as "storm and stress." Some teenagers sail through with little tempest and tumult
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An East Carolina University psychiatrist has published research that shows what adolescents in eastern North Carolina think of electronic cigarettes and how they're using them.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 4:42 am
By: ECU News Services
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For tired teens, it's a dream come true: Slapping the snooze button has lost its stigma. Once the luxury of the lazy loll-about, those extra minutes of morning ZZZ's are just what the doctor ordered. Alarmed by an "epidemic" of sleep-deprived adolescents, the nation's pediatricians are urging...
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, the debate over the role of public schools in promoting healthy lifestyles has intensified. Public health advocates contend that schools can curb obesity by banning the sale of junk food and soda.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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