young people

Heavy metal music has negative impacts on youth

20 Oct 2011, 10.17 AM

Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music. University of Melbourne researcher Dr Katrina McFerran has found.

Sexting driven by peer pressure

30 Sep 2011, 11.12 AM

Both young men and women experience peer pressure to share sexual images via the new phenomenon of ‘sexting’, preliminary findings from a University of Melbourne study has found.

Solariums double skin cancer risk in young people

3 Aug 2010, 2.32 PM

Scientists have confirmed what has long been feared - young people who use solariums have almost double the risk of being diagnosed with skin cancer before the age of 40.