Tap her girl power with a daily dose of vitamin D. Low levels of this essential nutrient have been linked to weaker muscles in teenage girls. Surprise: Recent studies show that more than half of healthy-looking teens have a vitamin D deficiency.
Let there Be Light A study published in Pediatrics on teenagers in an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York, showed that many of the boys have very low densities of bone minerals, suggesting that they will be vulnerable to osteoporosis later in life.
Greater Expectations The initial thrill of those two blue lines may fade quickly, when you realize pregnancy brings more than the joy of impending motherhood—it also brings daylong morning sickness, crazy cravings, exhaustion.
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