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Oct242020 by adminNo Comments

At least 18 killed including teenagers in bomb attack at education centre

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At least 18 people have been killed including teenage students following a suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan.Another 57 people were wounded in the blast which struck in a heavily Shia neighbourhood of western Kabul on Saturday. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Adrian said the attacker was trying to get into the centre before he was stopped by guards.He added that most of the victims were aged between 15 and 26.Hospitals are still being searched for victims of the blast, so the number of casualties could still rise. Advertisement ...

Sep92020 by adminNo Comments

Big drop reported in vaping by US teenagers

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A new federal report shows vaping rates among U.S. teenagers fell dramatically this year, especially among middle school studentsBy MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated PressSeptember 9, 2020, 9:25 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleNEW YORK -- Vaping by U.S. teenagers fell dramatically this year, especially among middle schoolers, according to a federal report released Wednesday.Experts think last year's outbreak of vaping related illnesses and deaths may have scared off some kids, but they believe other factors contributed to the drop, including higher age limits and flavor bans.In a national survey, just under 20% of high school students and 5% of middle school students said they were recent users of electronic cigarettes and other vaping products. Th...

Nov12019 by adminNo Comments

Allergies: Teenagers needing hospital treatment up 65% in five years

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The number of children who received hospital treatment for allergies has increased by 65% across England in the past five years, figures have revealed.In 2013-14, 2,873 teenagers sought treatment whereas in 2017-18 it was 4,743, data from NHS Digital shows.Allergy UK said this could be because this was the age when sufferers started taking responsibility for themselves.There have been calls for the government to introduce legislation on how schools should manage allergies.The figures from NHS Digital, released to BBC London under the Freedom of Information Act, also showed the number of children treated for anaphylactic shock increased by 41% in the past five years.For teenagers, the increase was 36% while for those aged 19 and o...

May72019 by adminNo Comments

Social media effect ‘tiny’ in teenagers, large study finds

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The effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and probably "tiny", a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests.Family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on wellbeing, says the University of Oxford research team.It claims its study is more in-depth and robust than previous ones.And it urged companies to release data on how people use social media in order to understand more about the impact of technology on young people's lives.The study, published in the journal PNAS, attempts to answer the question of whether teenagers who use social media more than average have lower life satisfaction, or whether adolescents with lower life satisfaction use more social media.Past research on the relationship between screens, techn...

Mar242019 by adminNo Comments

Jadon Sancho & Callum Hudson-Odoi: Gareth Southgate wary of pressure on teenagers

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England manager Gareth Southgate says he will take inspiration from Sir Alex Ferguson as he attempts to get the best out of teenagers Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi.The 18-year-olds impressed in Friday's 5-0 European Championship qualifying win over the Czech Republic.Ferguson handled young players at Manchester United with care, limiting their game time and public exposure. "I always think of Sir Alex with Ryan Giggs," said Southgate."He did that so well and they had sustained success because of that."I think that comes into everything: how much we expose them to the public, how much we put them into commercial situations."We've got to be thinking about all of that all of the time becau...