Magazine, website & books written by teens since 1989

Top Voted Health Articles

View per page

Here are the top voted health articles:

voted
#1
Interupting the Innocent
Custom User Avatar
Many years ago during the beginning of the cold war, a man named Fredrick Wertham published a book called Seduction of the Innocent, which slammed comic books in the face and accused them of teaching kids homosexual and un-American messages to... (more »)
voted
#2
The Truth about KFC
Custom User Avatar
We are all aware that Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the fewest most delicious fast food restaurants out there but we aren't aware that KFC uses factory farming to produce their chicken, Maltodextrin, bleach flower and other things. Would... (more »)
voted
#3
The Hardest Decision of My Life This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
By , Niles, IL
You need to think this through, it could be the dumbest thing I have ever heard in my life. All you’re doing is hurting yourself, and for what? I could remember my brother telling me this like a broken record playing over and over in my head.... (more »)
voted
#4
Fitting In This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine.
Custom User Avatar
I wouldn't ask for a dressing room. My mom always asked for me. The evening before I had repeatedly risen from my seat and piled on excess noodles suffocated in meat sauce. Then I licked my bowl with the buttered garlic bread, leaving no... (more »)
339 comments
voted
#5
Suicide and the Media
Custom User Avatar
Sensitivity must be used when the media reports on teen suicides. Sounds obvious, but it doesn’t always happen. And when it doesn’t, you often find copycat attempts in the wake of a teen suicide. How does it happen? Impulsive teenagers are... (more »)
213 comments
voted
#6
The Antibiotic Epidemic This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine.
Custom User Avatar
Imagine a bacteria that infects your blood, leaving spider bite-like pimples and boils all over your body, potentially leading to death. Imagine this bacteria is resistant to treatment. This is a superbug. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus... (more »)
4 comments
voted
#7
Acting the Part This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine.
I could feel the judge's eyes on my face as I analyzed my body in the mirror. Good. I look skinny. My stomach looks flat. Wait, is this me thinking, or my character? I finished my piece and bowed my head. It was over. Is it really over?... (more »)
17 comments
voted
#8
Trick Question
Custom User Avatar
As a freshman, you hear the stories about health class pour from the upper classmen on a regular basis. But, you never know what tp truley expect. Luckily, most of the things we were told are either no longer taught, or just little white lies. We... (more »)
voted
#9
Better Off Dead
Custom User Avatar
Why is it, everyone thinks they can speak of how much better it is once we die. Then get flooded with wonder when someone pushes a knife deep in the rivers of life. They don't even get the paradise promised to them. Instead, they get... (more »)
voted
#10
A Face of Despair
Custom User Avatar
In the mirror lies a face of despair. Shrunken by her misery she lies in tears. Her life is little more than weight. She here's a comment, whether positive or negative and uses it to cut herself down. She cries herself to sleep with nothing in... (more »)
Site Feedback