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Oestrogen and progesterone are the two main hormones responsible for the changes in girls.
More than 40 deaths were linked to a group of now-banned legal highs in 2010, eight times as many as the previous year, figures have shown. By Wesley Johnson.
Evidence suggests there are 5 steps you can take to improve your mental health and wellbeing. Trying these things could help you feel more positive and able to get the most out of life.
Testosterone is the main hormone responsible for the changes in boys.
Teeth and gums do more than enable chewing, speaking, and smiling. They are an important part of overall wellbeing, and taking care of them can bring benefits far beyond the mouth.
The British Heart Foundation has carried out a survey of what secondary school children eat. It isn’t, needless to say, a blameless diet – but nor is it quite as noxious as the BHF pretends. By Nigel Hawkes.
Cervical screening is a free health test available on the NHS as part of the national cervical screening programme. It helps prevent cervical cancer by checking for a virus called high-risk HPV and cervical cell changes. It is not a test for cancer.
Complementary and alternative medicines are treatments that fall outside of mainstream healthcare.
10 facts on adolescent health
Update 2012. Dr Ann Hagell, Co-Development Manager, AYPH, and Dr John Coleman OBE, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, AYPH Chair.
By Blair Henderson, 17
Stewart’s Melville College
By Helen Charman.
