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Lifestyle Changes
Surgery requires major lifestyle changes. To maintain weight loss after surgery, you will still have to exercise and limit food amounts. You will also need to change the types of food that you eat every day.
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Common Breast Disorders in Adolescents
Adolescence can be a challenging time for teenagers. During that time, their bodies grow and change. One common area of change in teenagers is the chest area. These changes may include macromastia, asymmetric breasts or gynecomastia.
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Selfie Safety: What to Tell Your Teens Before They Snap Another Picture
Selfies. They’re everywhere. Teens love taking pictures to share moments in their lives, and their social media feeds are filled with them. Sending revealing selfies (sometimes called sexting) has become a growing trend among teens.
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Weight Loss Surgery for Teens Is Not a Quick Fix
The vast attention on the obesity epidemic in the U.S. is nothing less than staggering. Obesity and its related illnesses (including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, liver problems and impaired quality of life to name a few) – is a considered one of the most significant and
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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Joins Multi-Center NIH-Sponsored Study to Assess the Risks and Benefits of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents
Nationwide Childrens Hospital has been selected as one of only five institutions nationally to join a multi-institution clinical research study to understand the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents.This observational study called Teen-LABS (Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric
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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Appoints Dr. David Axelson as Chief of Psychiatry
Dr. David A. Axelson, MD, has been appointed chief of Psychiatry and medical director of Behavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He will also serve as chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Ohio State’s Wexner Medical
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When a Seizure Isn’t Epilepsy
When a child falls down and starts jerking their body, most people assume that the child is having an epileptic seizure. But sometimes this is not the case. Children can have events that look like seizures but actually are non-epileptic events.
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What Are the Types of OCD?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a relatively common type of anxiety disorder in which individuals have intrusive, anxiety-provoking thoughts and, in many cases, must do certain things to reduce their anxiety.
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Pets and Mental Health: How Furry Friends Can Impact Your Child’s Life
Studies have shown that having pets leads to a number of mental health benefits, such as decreased anxiety and depression, improved self-esteem and creating a sense of purpose. If you are considering getting a pet, here are four benefits that can come from having a four-legged friend.
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