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  Lists a lot of symptoms of autism, seems to be a very reliable source.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Lists a lot of symptoms of autism, seems to be a very reliable source. </div>
  
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Studies show that about half of children with autism who are in an evidence-based early intervention program from age 3-5 can gain enough skills to be mainstreamed for kindergarten.
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There are now evidence based interventions for babies as young as 12 months old, and studies are underway to design treatments for 9 month old babies at risk for autism.
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  hoarseness or change of voice, my mother experienced this.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">hoarseness or change of voice, my mother experienced this. </div>
  
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Hyperthyroidism cannot be treated with medicines or radioactive iodine
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Teenage mothers often experience social exclusion
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they are twice as likely to feel depressed as compared to adult mothers
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If the father is a teenager, he is more likely to begin to abuse drugs and alcohol than other boys his age
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Children born to teenage parents are more likely to lack proper prenatal care
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also more likely to be born prematurely, have low birth weight, or become hospitalized during their childhood than children born to adults, states the March of Dimes. The same source says that babies of teenage mothers are more likely to die during their first year of life
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the children of teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of high school, or become unemployed than the children of older women. They experience abuse and neglect quite often, and many of them become parents as teenagers.
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“Psychological distress does not appear to be caused by teen childbearing, nor does it cause teen childbearing, except apparently among girls from poor households,”
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Only the combination of poverty and existing distress was a good predictor of teen pregnancy.
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nationally representative studies had not examined if distress was present before the pregnancy and stresses of young motherhood.
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Psychologically distressed girls are at risk for teen childbearing and vice versa, even if the two things usually do not cause each other,” Mollborn said. “This could help educators and clinicians identify at-risk adolescents.”
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One of the best ways to prevent teen pregnancy is for teens to have long-term goals and good self-esteem, Merritt added.
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Although the mental health of teenage fathers improved at a faster rate compared with nonparenting teenage males, teenage mothers improved at a slower rate compared with nonparenting teenage females.
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