Recent studies have shown that irregular periods even in the case of teenage girls might be a symptom of something larger health risk such as developing heart disease or diabetes in the future. This really means that irregular periods even at very young age cannot be ignored and should be given medical attention. Some [...]
There has been an immense surge in the number of young people starting to smoke hookah, assuming that nothing is bad in doing that. They think this is not like smoking cigarettes so how can it be bad for health after all. In short, smoking hookah is even worse and its adverse effects on health [...]
The “morning after” pill may prevent a pregnancy if the pill is taken as soon as possible after an unprotected sex or a contraceptive failure. This pill can be bought over the counter if you are at least 18 years old. If you are younger than 18, you would need a prescription to buy the [...]
Yeast infection is also called candidiasis or monilia. It is caused by a fungus called Candida albicans which is not only present in the vagina but is also found in the mouth, though in small quantities. The fungus is normally kept from growing by bacteria found in the body. If the delicate balance is distorted, the [...]
Most of the girls lose their virginity by the time they are in their mid teens. However, there are many more who like to stay virgins till they are at least 18 or older. If you lose your virginity what do you really lose if at all? Really speaking, a girl is said to be [...]
There is a good news and there is a bad news about acne and let me blare out the bad news first: acne happen to almost every teenager and lasts at least through the teenage years. The good news might make you feel really excited even if you have been suffering the pains of having [...]
When it is the time to look like the most beautiful during the teenage days, mother nature starts playing its trick to hamper all such efforts for most of the teenagers. The facial acne is one of the most common effects of the hormonal changes found in the teen girls and teen boys. Most of [...]
I know of one of my friends who had been from one of the most conservative families, had been excelling academically and vowed to the parents and other friends that she had and would always abstain from having sex, alcohol and drugs. The parents had no reason to doubt as she was known to tell [...]
Is it not often when we read about a news and then just forget about it or treat it as if the news is always meant to happen with someone else? Until when it really hits home. We read about car accidents, plane crashes, earthquakes or other incidents when a few or many thousands of [...]
Human papillomavirus, HPV, is a sexually transmitted infection that is passed normally through genital contact. It can be passed through vaginal and anal sex as well as during oral sex and genital-to-genital contact. A person infected with HPV may not have symptoms for years. It is because of this reason, a person infected with HPV [...]
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)