Teen Talk Newsletter - Spring 2016

Teen Talk A Quarterly Newsletter from the Center for Young Women's Health + Young Men's Health Initiative, Boston Children's Hospital | Written by the Youth Advisors, Spring 2016 Simple Steps to Save Up As summer approaches, you'll probably want to find a job so you will have money to do fun things. If you are heading off to college in the fall like me, it's important to save some of your earnings for college expenses. Aside from your tuition and room and board, you'll need to factor in personal incidentals such as shampoo, deodorant, cosmetics, eating out, laundry, and entertainment...read the full article Sun Safety As we pack away our winter coats and gloves and rollout the capris and dresses, we should be getting our sunscreen ready to protect our skin from the hot sun. The sun is an excellent source of vitamin D, which helps us absorb calcium and makes our bones become stronger...read the full article Ana's Faves Books are boring, right? Wrong. Reading is one of the best forms of entertainment, and you don't even have to leave your room. But what should you read?...read the full article Katlyn's Korner It's spring! A change in seasons means many things but one of the most important things is a shift in the "in-season" fruits and vegetables. One of the spring seasons' highlighted vegetables and one of my personal favorites is…asparagus!...read the full article Ask Us! Do you have a health question that you're too embarrassed to ask? Don't worry! Submit your question - we don't ask for your name or e-mail. We choose a new question to answer each week. You can look through all of our past questions and answers, too. What's New: Health Guides: Appendicitis, Identity Theft, Jealousy, Continuous Hormonal Treatment, Vulvodynia, Vaginismus, Endometriosis: Synarel (Naferelin) How to Use It, Endometriosis: Synarel (Naferelin acetate) General Info, Zika Virus Editors: Phaedra Thomas, RN, BSN, S. Jean Emans, MD, Anna Miller, BA. Special thanks to the Boston Children's Hospital League for their generous support of the Center for Young Women's Health and the Youth Advisory Program

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