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Reasons For Teen Pregnancy
Adolescent pregnancy is pregnancy in girls age 19 oryounger.
Alternative Names
Teenage pregnancy; Pregnancy - teenage
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The rate of adolescent pregnancy and the birth rate for adolescents have generally declined since reaching an all-time high in 1990, mostly due to the increased use of
Adolescent pregnancy is a complex issue with many reasons for concern. Younger adolescents (12 - 14 years old) are more likely to have...
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Teens and Diabetes: Reasons BG Levels Are High
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Teen Pregnancies Linked to Sexual Content on TV
Exposure to high levels of sexual content on TV has been linked to a greater likelihood of pregnancy in teens. The findings, published in... Read more »
My Period is Late! Reasons other than Pregnancy for a Delayed Period
You consider yourself regular as far as your period goes. And then one day it doesn't come as scheduled. You check the calendar to... Read more »
Is This Normal? A Teen Guide to Breast Development
When I was about 21, I felt a hard place at the top of my right breast. Of course, I started worrying that I might have breast cancer,... Read more »
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Inexpensive Program Reduces Repeat Teen Pregnancies
Two studies have found that a computer-assisted, home-based intervention method to help reduce repeat pregnancies among teen mothers is both... Read more »
Monitoring may keep troubled teen girls from pregnancy
Researchers found that placing teen girls with a history of juvenile delinquency in specialized foster-care programs kept them from getting pregnant. Read more »
STDs, pregnancy on the rise among U.S. teens
Though figures showed large declines in the number of births and sexually transmitted diseases among teens from 1991 to 2005, more recent statistics... Read more »
Diabetes Before Pregnancy Doubles in Women, Teens
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More women and teens are developing diabetes before they become pregnant. A new study from Kaiser Permanente looked at 175,249... Read more »
TV and Teen Pregnancy Link
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The type of TV shows a teen watches may increase the likelihood that he or she will subsequently be involved in a... Read more »
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