Posts by Donna Orem
Juuling: An Alarming Trend Reversing Decades of Health Gains
Cigarette smoking has been on a steady decline among teens for the past decade. That’s good news … but, a new craze called “Juuling” is threatening to reverse that. A Juul is a brand of e-cigarette that has become popular among middle and high schoolers, at least in part because of youth-friendly flavors and a…
Read MoreHow Does Technology Affect Teen Health and Well-Being?
When I was teenager, my parents worried about how much and what I watched on television. They could monitor that pretty effectively, as there were only three network channels and limited options. For parents today, not only are there hundreds of channels to monitor, but teens have access to the internet, video games, social media,…
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