Diabetes in adolescents
This topic looks at the changes that occur for adolescents physically, emotionally and socially and how these changes impact on living with the chronic disease diabetes mellitus type 1. More detailed information about ketoacidosis, hyperglycaemia ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Asthma: who suffers from asthma?
It is estimated that almost two million people in Australia have asthma. Up to one in four children, one in seven adolescents and one in 10 adults will experience symptoms consistent with asthma at some time in their lives. The United Kingdom, ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Sex and sexuality ... all about
Sex and sexuality raises many health issues for men and women. Find out about being gay, lesbian or bisexual, the needs of adolescents and how menopause might affect sexuality. Also read about contraception, impotence and sexually transmissible ... [... more]
Better Health |
Depression in children
Everyone knows children can be sad and miserable at times in their lives. Family losses, personal disappointments and difficulties have an effect on them as well as on their parents and adolescent brothers and sisters. Until recently, we have ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Meningococcal C immunisation
Immunisation is one of those health areas that can be neglected by adolescents and young people. Maybe you thought it was all over and done with by the time you hit the teenage years. Wrong! It is important to know when you need to be immunised. ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Child development: 12-15 years
The early adolescent years are a time of rapid change physically, socially and emotionally. In all areas of life it is the beginning of your child's transition from childhood to adulthood and probably a bit of wandering in nobody's-land on the ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Asthma in adolescence
Asthma in adolescence is common: up to one in 7 adolescents have wheezing some of the time. Asthma may start during the teenage years, or it may continue from a younger age. Because the teenage years are times of great changes for young people, ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Angry adolescents
Living with a teenager can be a stressful time for parents. Often they seem to change overnight from friendly lovable children to difficult strangers. It is important to remember that you have put a lot of effort into earlier parenting and laying ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Ann F. Caron
Ann Caron, ED.D., is a psychologist and parenting expert and author of Don't Stop Loving Me: A Reassuring Guide for Mothers of Adolescent Daughters. She is a frequent lecturer and workshop leader. The mother of four sons and two daughters, she ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Sean Covey
Las 6 decisiones más importantes de tu vida Sean Covey 7 hábitos de los adolescentes altamente efectivos Trade Paperback, 328 pages [... more]
Random House |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
This superb new translation-never before published-of one of Dostoevsky's major novels comes from the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. The Adolescent (originally published in English as A Raw Youth) is markedly ... [... more]
Random House |
Ruth Peters
For over twenty years, Dr. Ruth Peters has specialized in treating children, adolescents, and families in her private practice in Clearwater, Florida. The author of three previous books, A parenting specialist and child psychologist helps tackle ... [... more]
Random House |
