Teens

An alarming new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found a 37 percent increase in the stroke hospitalization rate from 1995 to 2008 in children, teens, and young adults in

The promising findings of the study were reported in the 'Journal of Clinical Obesity.'

Ray of hope for super-obese teens
Bariatric surgery offers hope for super-obese teens who have been striving to lose weight but have never been successful.

In bariatric surgery, a variety of surgical procedures are undertaken that restrict the amount of food that a person can take or absorb in the process of digestion.

The research was led by Ange Aikenhead of the International Association for the Study of Obesity in London, England.

As per the researchers of a three-year federal study, nearly half of children aged between 12 to 14 years in the United States are getting alcohol directly from their parents, guardian, or an adult relative.

In the past month alone, an estimated 5.9 percent of the young children drank alcohol out of which over 200,000 kids reported taking alcohol from a family member, the study found.