Teen Issues: What Teenagers Want to Know

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How to Cope With Your Sexual Identity

Discovering and celebrating one’s sexual identity is something that everyone must deal with as they are growing up. In the past only one sexuality – hete...

Teenage Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy rates have recently been on the rise across the UK despite measures by the government medical professionals and community interest groups to l...

How to Stop Bullying By Other Pupils

In 1999 all schools in the United Kingdom were required to implement an anti-bullying policy, but most research since then has confirmed that levels of schoo...

Understanding Acne

Spots. Blemishes. Pimples. Zits. No matter what you call them, they're ugly! They also seem to wait until the worst possible moment to erupt- right before a...

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Fear of Puberty

There are a lot of clichés about how young people feel as they approach puberty. The physical and mental changes it involves can be stressful for anyone, bu...

Coping With PMS

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) affects an estimated 75% of women in some way, so understanding this syndrome, its symptoms and how to alleviate them are importa...

Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health problem which affects a little more than 1% of the UK population. Those affected by OCD find themselve...

Sexting: What it is and How to Say No

Sexting, the process of sending sexually explicit photographs via mobile phones, is a phenomenon that many UK teenagers have embraced. This is unfortunate as...

Understanding Migraines

A migraine is a very specific type of headache which often begins occurring in the teen years. It has particular symptoms associated with it and tends to aff...

Your Carbon Footprint

Our daily lives have an impact on our environment. Everything from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the transport we use can hurt our local environm...

Understanding Diet Pills

Diet pills often seem like a dream come true, a way to lose weight without having to change anything about your lifestyle. The most commonly advertised diet...

All About Eating Organic

Organic foods are hard to define, but the general public tends to consider foods which are produced without the help of synthetic chemicals to be organic. Re...

No Cost Exercise

Many times people think the only way they can get fit is to buy expensive work out clothes and join a gym. While this route may work for some, it is hardly t...

Education: New Diplomas For 14 - 19 Year Olds

A Diploma is a new qualification that will be offered in 10 subjects in September, 2009 and in 17 subjects by 2011. But these exciting new qualifications com...

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