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Researchers followed a group of teenagers over three years and found that those who developed heavy drinking habits (defined as four to five drinks on one occasion) showed less activity in brain regions used for higher-order decision-making, called working memory, before tasting alcohol. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/08/09/will-your-teen-become-problem-drinker-brain-tells-all/#ixzz23AVOmdFe

Teenagers who smoke cannabis weekly or more are twice as likely as non-users to have an anxiety disorder in their late 20s, even if they stop using, a study of 2000 Victorian teenagers has found. Although this raises a question of correlation versus causation, such as whether cannabis use causes/exacerbates later anxiety or whether people […]

A new study suggests that as gratitude increases, so does one’s life satisfaction, happiness, positive attitudes, hope, and even academic performance: http://www.counselheal.com/articles/2453/20120807/being-grateful-for-things-in-life-helps-teenagers-cut-risk-of-depression.htm#R1IxtfJ7wFDDC4hd.99

“If I take a lamp and shine it toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth… for understanding. Too often, we assume that the light on the wall is [Truth], but the light is not the goal of the search, it is the result of […]

Health tips especially for teens: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carrie-wiatt-ms/teens-health-tips_b_1711684.html