Girls Who Smoke at Increased Risk of Osteoporosis?
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(CINCINNATI) — If you’re a female, and a teenager, and you smoke — you could be setting yourself up for problems that already affect women disproportionately, according to a new study. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes …
Holiday Gifts: Building Sets for Girls Take Off
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One of the hot holiday trends for toys this year is construction sets for girls.Lego Friends, for example, is a line of pastel construction toys and it’s been a hit so far.“We were very skeptical to begin…
Scent of Missing Iowa Cousins Picked Up by FBI Dogs Near Lake
8-year-old Elizabeth Collins (L) and her cousin, 10-year-old Lyric Cook (R). (ABC News)(EVANSDALE, Iowa) — On the morning of Friday, July 13, Elizabeth Collins, 8, woke up around 6 a.m. when her father Drew left for work and she quickly hopped into he…
Parenting Debate: Waxing for Girls Younger Than 15?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Young girls are growing up faster than ever before, wearing makeup and high heels. But what about a cosmetic treatment that many middle-aged women find painful?More teens and tweens today want to get waxed, a groomin…
Parenting Debate: Waxing for Girls Younger Than 15?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Young girls are growing up faster than ever before, wearing makeup and high heels. But what about a cosmetic treatment that many middle-aged women find painful?More teens and tweens today want to get waxed, a groomin…
Girls Can Hang Athletically with the Boys, Says Study
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Who said girls can’t hang with the boys? At least according to one study, young ladies can perform just as well in certain sports as their male counterparts.Researchers from Indiana University examined da…
Taliban Blamed for Wave of Poison Attacks on Schoolgirls
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Taliban appears to be stepping up its attack on girls getting an education in Afghanistan by launching what is believed to be the third toxic assault on a school in a week.On Tuesday, local offici…
Four-Year-Old in Makeup: How Young Is Too Young?
Huntstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A mommy blogger who wrote about her child’s new fascination with adult cosmetics has ignited an online debate over how young is too young for girls to become interested in beauty.Lindsay Cross wrote on the website Momm…
Binge-Drinking Teenage Girls Can Black Out, Get Into Trouble
File photo. Monkey Business/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — After a few too many drinks, Holley, once a teenage binge drinker, was barreling down a highway at 90 miles per hour and running red lights. She said she didn’t remember doing it until she saw hersel…
Could Vitamin D Be Linked with Lower Stress Fracture Risk in Girls?
FogStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — We hear a lot about the benefits of vitamin D — the so-called “sunshine vitamin.” Now research has found that vitamin D appears to increase bone strength in teenage girls. A new study published in the Archives of P…
Boyfriends’ Money Affects Teen Girls’ Condom Use
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — Teen girls whose primary source of spending money comes from their boyfriends are less likely to use condoms, according to a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.Researchers from Johns Hopkins Schoo…