Sentences with phrase «such as puberty»

Bear in mind that all of the signs listed below could be caused by many reasons other than drug use such as puberty, social changes or medical conditions.

One in 4 children experiences a mental health disorder annually, 73 and half of those who will have a mental health disorder at some point in their life will first be diagnosed at age 14 or younger.74 Furthermore, about half of all children will experience a traumatic event — such as the death of a parent, violence, or extreme poverty — before they reach adulthood.75 And as the opioid epidemic continues to grow, students are coming to school affected by a parent's addiction as well as the havoc and instability that it can wreak on family life.76 In addition, as students experience other issues — such as puberty; family matters, like divorce; and bullying — having supportive trained adults to talk to in school is critical for improving their well - being and attention to learning.

Observing this group of people over time could provide insights on how other risk factors or life events, such as puberty, affect the mind.

Hormones drive many of these sex differences, while major life events — such as puberty, pregnancy, parenthood or even traumas — also help shape male and female brain circuitry.

Find out if your child is dealing with bullying, rejection at school or some other issue, such as puberty.

Your child's doctor may also discuss topics such as puberty, drugs, weight, and bullying with your tween and offer pointers and support.

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Religious ministry has long recognized the importance of such experiences as birth, puberty, marriage, sickness, and death.

Most consensual incestual relationships between siblings is the result of some form of childhood trauma, likely shared abuse by an adult through childhood, or severe repression and lack of socialization, and as such it is likely that they turned to one another for comfort and affection, which turned sexual as puberty approached.

Most women don't understand that the incidence of endocrine disruptive disorders such as endometriosis, fibroids, polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, early onset puberty, early onset menopause, heavy, painful and prolonged periods and breast cancer are mainly caused by the endocrine disruptive chemicals found in skin, hair, beauty and personal products.

Additionally, one common concern such as pre-mature puberty in girls has never been linked to milk consumption.

Growth in penis size is just one part of puberty, which also includes such changes as pubic hair development, testicular growth, muscle development, and a growth spurt.

Just as it helps adults to know what to expect with changes such as moving to a new home or working for a new company, kids should know about puberty ahead of time.

If your teen is 15 or younger and has other signs of puberty (such as breast development and pubic hair), then she just may be a «late bloomer.»

You may need additional information to cover other subjects, such as sex education, boys and puberty, and body image issues, but this handy guide will cover you when it comes time to explain menstruation.

Your pediatrician will also likely discuss other important topics, such as how your child is doing in school and he or she will do counseling about nutrition, safety, injury prevention, avoiding using drugs, depression, alcohol and cigarettes, puberty and sex education, and being safe on the Internet.

She has conducted numerous parenting workshops around the country on topics such as keeping kids safe from predators («live» and Internet), bullying, cyberbullying, raising nonviolent kids, sexting, anger management in kids, coping with back to school angst, how to avoid spoiling your kid, shaken baby syndrome, how to be a positive role model, teaching children how to be charitable, finding family time, girls and puberty, grand - parenting, holiday etiquette, traveling with kids, how to limit spending on your kids (particularly during the holidays), Halloween safety and money management.

Scientists have identified genes that are active during puberty, but most also have key functions in other basic processes, such as regulating fat.

It is exactly during puberty that substances like drugs of abuse — alcohol, cannabis, etc. — may induce the most destructive and also persistent effects on the still developing brain, which may in some cases even result in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia or addictive disorders.

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In one group of mice, he and his colleagues dosed their mothers with a synthetic compound that simulates a mild viral infection during late pregnancy; when their offspring hit early puberty at about 6 weeks of age, the young mice were exposed to unpredictable stress, such as being restrained, deprived of water, or given electric foot shocks.

Cooke will receive the award over the next five years to study how rising levels of gonadal hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen, change behavior, motivation and perception during puberty.

We propose that the discrepancies between the adult ASD and childhood ASD findings with respect to whole - brain functional connectivity may be reconciled by considering critical developmental factors such as the onset of puberty, which signals the beginning of adolescence and has a major impact on brain structure and function.

Our team follows the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) guidelines, designed to help adolescents with gender dysphoria with transition, including use of puberty suppression (blockers) and cross-sex hormones (such as testosterone and estrogen).

There is also now abundant research that links BPA and phthalate exposure to such human health concerns as deformities of the male and female genitals; premature puberty in females; decreased sperm quality; and increases in breast and prostate cancers, infertility, miscarriages, obesity, type 2 diabetes, allergies and neurological problems, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Investigators found that one percent of all girls now show signs of puberty, such as breast development or pubic hair, before the age of three; by age eight, 14.7 percent of white girls and a whopping 48.3 percent of African - American girls had one or both of these characteristics.

Experts recommend testosterone replacement, starting during puberty, for proper development of muscles, bones, male sex characteristics such as facial hair, and sexual function.

The anabolic steroids are also beneficial in treating medical ailments such as delayed puberty.

Additionally, one common concern such as pre-mature puberty in girls has never been linked to milk consumption.

According to a recent study reported in the journal Pediatrics, 1 one percent of all American girls now show signs of puberty, such as breast development or pubic hair, before the age of three; by age eight, 14.7 percent of white girls and almost 50 percent of African - American girls had one or both of these characteristics.

It also controls our lifetime biological clock that decides on bigger hormonal issues, such as when we enter puberty and when we enter menopause.

Who could have imagined that people suffering from conditions such as osteoporosis, low libido, delayed puberty and muscle wasting could just get a simple testosterone shot and all could be well?

Endocrine disruptors have also been linked to conditions such as male infertility (Male Fertility and Diet and Xenoestrogens and Sperm Counts) and early onset of puberty (Protein, Puberty, and Pollutants and Xenoestrogens and Early Pupuberty (Protein, Puberty, and Pollutants and Xenoestrogens and Early PuPuberty, and Pollutants and Xenoestrogens and Early PubertyPuberty).

Endocrine disruptors have also been linked to conditions such as male infertility (see Male Fertility and Diet and Xenoestrogens and Sperm Counts) and the early onset of puberty (Protein, Puberty, & Pollutants and Xenoestrogens & Early Pupuberty (Protein, Puberty, & Pollutants and Xenoestrogens & Early PuPuberty, & Pollutants and Xenoestrogens & Early PubertyPuberty).

The unhealthy steroids are also beneficial in treating healthcare problems such as delayed puberty.

This imbalance can occur throughout a person's life when hormone levels tend to fluctuate such as: puberty, pregnancy, menopause, and andropause.

Neutering a male dog before puberty helps prevent testosterone - related behavior problems, such as hiking the leg in the house, mounting behavior, aggression and inappropriate protectiveness.

Michaela works with difficulties such as sex avoidance, which may be a lack of libido, or fear of intimacy — and sexual dysfunction, which may be a developmental block from puberty, or a lack of experience in performing.

It is not known to what extent neural and endocrine changes contribute to the increased salience of peer social status during adolescence, but it is likely that changes such as remodeling of the fronto - striatal dopaminergic systems and a puberty - linked rise in sex hormones could contribute to an increase in motivations to obtain and defend social status among peers (Nelson et al., 2005; Blakemore, 2008; Steinberg, 2008; Crone and Dahl, 2012).

For example: the importance of whether and how our school rolls out new and sensitive programs about such hot topics as drugs and alcohol, puberty, or bullying prevention.

The resulting stress trajectories may include the early onset of puberty (Ge et al. 2001), adolescent stressful life events and circumstances (Wickrama et al. 2015b), romantic relationship problems (Barr et al. 2016), and an off - time (early or late) transition to adulthood, including the acquisition of adult roles such as becoming a parent, cohabiting, and dropping out of school (Lee 2015; Wickrama et al. 2015a, 2005).